I just had a 45 min impromptu convo with
the girls in their bed
it was like... the first real convo
not really
but just the LENGTH
they were asking questions about my life
it was so cool... about growing up and who
my mom was married to, and if I was sad with just a mom, and then they'd
(mainly Zoe) ask deeper questions... then she says "I man, this is kind of a compliment but I don't know if you'll think it is... How could you and
Daddy have such horrible homes and grow up to be good people?"
HAHAH!
I said "why do you think our homes
were horrible?"
She says, "Well, your houses just sound so... strange and odd... I mean...Pop would wash
Daddy's mouth with soap if he said a bad word and his brother shot him in the
butt with a bebe gun!... and Grammy didn't cook and you had to make your own lunches and shower
yourself and you had a lot of responsibilities when you were pretty
little."
I said, "Ha! I guess that does sound horrible, but it wasn't! We just want you to know we were helping out pretty young."
And at the end of this talk (45 mins),
Seth comes out of Richmond's room and Zoe is talking so animatedly, and
explaining things ad Seth said it sounds exactly how I talk. So cool.
The mannerisms, and inflections, etc/rhythm
Teagan asked (in that 45 min) "Why do
we have a life?
I said, "Like, why do we exist?"
"Yep"
Zoe interrupted that she knew the
answer... I said, "Wait for me to answer her and then you can tell us what
you think it is... So... Teag... this is basically the question we try to
answer the entire time we are alive. I'm not really sure."
Zoe says "Well, because --well I'm
not really sure about cavemen--but besides that, G-d created----" I cut
her off and said, "Wait-- just remember she is asking WHY... not
how."
Zoe thought about it... "Okay, well
we learn that the world is a mess. and we really don't want to leave the world
a mess, so we are here to do tikkun olam (repair the world)."
Wish I could type it all out, but I have
to make lunches!!!
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