KidSpeak

Out of the mouths of boys...

• Does the Grim Reaper know if someone is choking?
• What would happen if gravity was reversed? Everything would hang UP, not down, right?
• How does the cheese get on the moon?
• Why do some people like George Bush?
• Next time, don’t sing with me, OK?
• Your breath stinks. Pew!
• How do the cats know who to sleep on?
• Look! Did the cat throw up a mouse or a bird?
• What kind of guts are those?
• Let’s count to a hundred a hundred times!
• I hid my math homework so now I don’t have to do it. Right?
• Mom, Torin hit me after I hit him!
• He punched me in the eye, so I had to kick him in the leg. Golden Rule, right Mom? Do unto others as they do unto you? That’s what you said, Mom... Yes it is! ... Is so!
• Turn the light back on, I have a booger.
• Is diarrhea when water comes out of your butt? I hate that!
• Can I? Can I, Mom? Can I? Why can’t I, Mom? Can I?
• MOM! Logan just put Batman’s feet in the salsa!
  
• I’ll love you even when you’re dead in heaven...
• I love you bigger than the Milky Way!
• If I was paint, and Logan was paper, you could use me to paint on him!

These are just a few of the rich comments and thoughtful ideas that come from my kids, two rambunctious boys in the most exciting parts of their young lives ~ so far, according to my nine-year-old.

Some things they say make me hug them tighter and choke back a tear of longing, wanting to linger on this page in our lives together just a bit longer. Other times I just want to crawl in the closet and scream, or take a long solitary walk. Why do I have to be the mediator all the time? Can’t they just get along!?!

Memories of my sibling contests of power and control creep up on me, and ridiculous teenage arguments with my mother ~ who loves me nonetheless. (For all the doors I slammed and the dirty looks I snarled in your direction, I'm sorry Mom!)

So this is my legacy; these young boys, their rich full lives, and who they turn out to be. The recipe is ever changing, but includes: Love, Prayer, Patience, Stamina, Playfulness, Discipline, Generosity, Sincerity. So far so good.