The Beginning

Today Emily asked me where we all come from.  How we all began.  How did it all start.  "Mama, how did we get here?  I mean, how is it that we are here?  Did we come from nothing?  Like there were dinosaurs and then there were people?  Where did the people start?  Was it just a man?  What about the woman?"  and so on....

I didn't know what to say.  SPEECHLESS.  I gave her the God story.  She seemed to like this idea and it stopped the questions so I'm happy about that.

Earlier this week Emily told me that she "didn't want to be here anymore".  She told me that she wished she never was.  That she wanted to be gone forever.  I felt a wave of electricity shoot through my body.  She said it with such a casual expression.  Neither happy, nor sad.  I tried to play it cool and let her do all the talking.  She changed the subject in time and I  was able to exhale and begin breathing again.

I don't know if I'm prepared for the mind that Emily owns.

Comments

[bethany actually]

Kids tend to do that, say such crazy, mind-blowing things in such a casual way...I think it's because they don't really understand what they're saying, they are just trying it out to see how it sounds.

(To make you laugh: Annalie cheerfully announced in the car the other day to me, Troy and my mom, "I'm growing every day, and so is my v*gina! I'm getting bigger and my v*gina is getting bigger, and one day it'll be really HAIRY and then I'll be a grown-up lady." Then she asked if she could have a piece of gum. I think the adults all busted a gut trying not to crack up, lest Annalie realize she was saying something slightly outrageous and decide to tell us more about her growing v*gina. :-) It was freaking hilarious.

Kids!

[Ninotchka]

Kids sure have a way of rocking us to our core, huh? Their wisdom can be unnerving sometimes. I think you handled it just right!

[Gigi]

Here's one of the latest from Felicity, age 3: "Mommy, I really don't like myself." "You don't? Why not?" "Oh, never mind, I guess that I do like myself." Huh?

[Carmajo]

I noticed Anna says alot of things she fully does not understand.
We have already had the talk about what the femanine products are used for under the sink. I explained my monthly visitor and she said "gross!" Luckily I did not have to go into too much detail.

[Angi]

UGH! I often wonder what happens inside their little minds to make them say the things they say. I have been brought to a screeching hault on more than one occasion by the thoughts of my bear and bug!