I loved that link you referred to. He was so on about M.J., when Al Franken said that Michale was not strange I had to laugh, of course he was. But that’s what made him him. I’ve always enjoyed the odd person, but just wish I had a bit more of it in me.

And a friend who did graduate school in Philosophy says that all toddlers ask the really big philosophical questions. Just imagine the answer her kid got
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10 years ago, when my daughter was 4, she asked me, “Mama, where did I come from?” Oh, I was ready with the perfect (if somewhat lengthy), developmentally-appropriate answer about donor insemination (“Mummy and I loved each other so much that we knew we wanted a special baby to share that love with . . .”). She waited patiently till I was done, and then said, “Yes, I know, but Buddy came from Gritman Hospital. Where did I come from?”
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@Suzanne- I’m getting teary myself! It’s so amazing when you see that something you said actually went in. How awesome of her to give apples another try!

Just last night, my 10 y/o daughter asked me, “Mommy, why are you and I fat, but the boys aren’t?”

Uhhh….yeah. Lovely.

Instead of replying with any one of the myriad factual answers to her question, I asked instead, “Does it bother you being overweight?”

She said, “Sometimes. But I don’t just sit around, so how come I can’t lose any weight?”

I said, “Well, for you, my sweet, I think it has more to do with what you eat than what you do. Everything you like is either sugar or pasta, and those things aren’t very nice to your system and neither of them are good for you if they’re all you eat. That’s why I’m always trying to get you to eat vegetables and fruit, too. You know how you say your tummy hurts a lot? Eating more vegetables and fruit would help that, too.”

Fast forward to today. I was headed for the grocery store. She asked if I would get some fruit. I was floored. So when I came back with bananas, grapes, and apples, she said, “Mommy – you know what? I don’t like apples, but I think I’m going to try them again, anyway.”

I almost cried.
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