However, once in a while I get cornered, as on the way to preschool today.
Daughter: "When are we going to die?"
It is amazing how quickly the morning fog can be burned away...
Me: "Not for a long, long time, honey."
Daughter: "I want to see how it happens. Does God live underground?"
Me: "Well, many people believe God lives everywhere, all around us."
Daughter: "Then how will we see him when we get buried?"
A previous drive past a cemetery with another awkward conversation sprang to mind...
Me: "Well, our bodies get buried, but the part that thinks and feels gets to go to heaven."
Daughter: "Where is heaven?"
Me: "I'm not sure how to answer that... it isn't a place that we can see or get to while we are alive."
Daughter: "How big are clouds?"
Me: "Ginormous." Finally, my sort of question. "Bigger than buildings and airplanes and houses."
Daughter: "Weoo, that's reaaaally big. They had better be careful up there."
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did you know "ginormous" actually got added to the dictionary this year? i've got to get the latest edition of webster's before my annual holiday trip to see mama in maine. i'm not sure how many points it'll be worth, but i'm hoping to land on at least a double word space......
i told sidekick's big brother about it, and he used it in front of his mother...who told him it wasn't a word. fortunately, i had the reader's digest article announcing its addition to the dictionary close at hand. (score one for me- woo hoo!)
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