Today we talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up.
"What about you Alec? Any ideas?"
"Oh... A vampire."
Of course when a 5 year old says something like that you have to press it, as the absurdity that is guaranteed to ensue is well worth the time.
"But... How will you become a vampire?"
"The vampire will give me his vampire disease."
"How will you find the vampire? Will you hunt him down?"
"No way! I'll call him."
"...Do you know any vampires? What's his number?"
"It's in the Vampire Book.... I GOT IT AT WALMART, OK?!"
And it was OK. It was OK that this kid was so determined in his mind to be what he wanted to be that there was always another way to get there, no matter what obstacles I threw at him.
He was going to get what he wanted.
And he was going to get it from Walmart.
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I like how your kids personalities seem to share the same as your own.
ReplyDeleteI think it's quite the opposite! They seem to share their personalities with ME! Quite kind of them, really.
ReplyDeleteI love this story. I want you to leave this blog up forever so that when I write "my book" I'll have brilliantly-inspiring ideas when I hit rough patches of writers' block.
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