The truth hurts
It sure must be strange trying to figure out how the world works, when you're only 5.
The other day Lily was throwing her boy Baby Alive doll in the air, while jumping on the trampoline.
"If I throw him way up into the sky,'' she worried, "will I get him back?''
This week she was baffled about old age. Maybe her concerns come from the fact that her grandfather's been in the hospital. First she asked me, "can someone be 400 years old?''
"No.'' That was an easy one!
Then she posed this inquiry: "What will we look like when we're 80?''
I said, "I don't know, hon.''
And she said: "You will look very disgusting.''
Thanks a lot
I didn't respond to that so she elaborated.
"The skin on your face will get all smooshed,'' she said.
I was too tired to give a life lesson about beauty being on the inside. I hadn't even had my coffee yet.
"Yeah,'' I said, "I know.''
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