“When
did you know you liked Daddy?”
“Well,
I liked your Daddy from the very first moment I met him.”
“You
DID! Why?”
“Because he
was so cute.”
“Daddy’s
still cute.”
“I
think so. And he was so hilariously funny he'd make me cry.”
“Daddy’s
still funny but he made you cry?”
“No,
silly! The laugh so hard your cheeks ache and your stomach hurts and tears fall kind. Do you know
what I mean?”
“Yes, what else?”
“Your
Daddy was nice to everyone. And we liked to do the same things.”
“Like
what?”
“Like eating pizza, going to Cubs games,
playing tennis, sneaking into movies. All sorts of things."
"Wait, you didn't pay for the movie!?!"
"Forget I said that. Your Daddy was the most eligible bachelor in the whole city of Chicago. All the girls wanted to date him.”
"Wait, you didn't pay for the movie!?!"
"Forget I said that. Your Daddy was the most eligible bachelor in the whole city of Chicago. All the girls wanted to date him.”
“Were
you jealous of all those other girls?”
“Maybe
a little at first. Did you know he was engaged to marry
someone else before we met?”
“He
was?”
“Yep,
they decided getting married wasn’t the right thing to do. We met just after that. But we
were only friends for a while. It’s okay, you know, to be friends with
boys without dating them. Sometimes it’s better that way but even if you’re
just friends you can tell if there’s a spark or not. Then sometimes, maybe, you even dream about them and what it would feel like to go to a movie together or hold his hand. Or
kiss him.”
“Did
you like kissing Daddy?”
“That’s
one of the reasons I wanted to marry him. Do you want to know the very
first thing I really noticed about
him? It was back when we'd just met.”
“YES!
Tell me!!!”
“Remember we met at a Cubs game? Well, when Daddy got up to go to
the bathroom I told Maggie, ‘That guy has the nicest tush I’ve ever seen.’ And I knew something exactly then.”
“Mom! Ewww!”
“Pickles,
someday you’ll just know.”
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This
week Trifecta wanted to do something to mark the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. There
are so many
amazing Yiddish words that found their way into the English
language, and they thought it would be great to highlight one. To find
one with a third definition, however, was not so easy until they stumbled upon
this gem.
1.
a long pointed tooth; especially : a horse's canine
2.
an interjection used to express disdain or reproach
Happy
Hanukkah to our Jewish friends. Now let's all write our tushes off.
Thank
you, Linda, for making Mondays even more fun!
