Title: A Question No One Wants to Hear
Setting: Standing in line for coffee at the mall
Characters: A 5-year-old girl, dressed in pink. Me, dressed in dark blue.
Script-
Her: (To herself but side glancing at me) I wonder if that's a boy or a girl...
Me: (Look away, trying to ignore it and hoping she forgets her question)
Her: (A little more directly, and this time crowning me with her tall balloon animal) Is that a boy or a girl?
Me: (Closed-mouth smile but still don't say anything, since she's still calling me a "that")
Her: Are you a boy or a girl?
Me: I'm a girl...Did my short hair trick you?
Her: No...it was your coat.
Me: Oh, well I guess I gotchya then...heh.
Her: (Turned back around silently)
AWKWARD
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"On dark nights...it is important to stand and see that our only work is to give what others need, that everything that touches us is a holy gift to teach us we are loved. When sun rises, and light surrounds life making blessings grow, it is important to praise its coming, and to exhale letting all we hold inside our lungs travel east and mix its power with the air; it is important to praise dawn's power breathing in and know we live in good relation to all creation and sing what must be sung." -Gail Tremblay
About Me
- lauren h.
- Kansas City, United States
- "Daughter, you wear my name. Those are my eyes, keep them raised."
It Is Important
"On dark nights...it is important to stand and see that our only work is to give what others need, that everything that touches us is a holy gift to teach us we are loved. When sun rises, and light surrounds life making blessings grow, it is important to praise its coming, and to exhale letting all we hold inside our lungs travel east and mix its power with the air; it is important to praise dawn's power breathing in and know we live in good relation to all creation and sing what must be sung." -Gail Tremblay
3 comments:
ohhhh the bluntness of a child (:
aw that's definitely good for a little chuckle :). gotta love little kids.
Even with short hair and a coat, you are FAR FAR FAR from anything that resembles a boy. Did you ask her if she was dumb? Just kidding! To reiterate, I was definitely joking about that last part.
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