In today’s installment of ‘funny things my kid says,’ this parent wonders if her child might be an oracle—or just has perfect comic timing.
An L-shaped sidewalk forms a path from the parking lot to the front door of our airplane-hangar-turned-gymnastics-facility (so popular there’s a 4-month wait list).
Picture a small grassy hill with a shade tree in the triangle formed by the L-shape.
As we climbed out of the car one Saturday morning, my confident 3-year-old let go of my hand, pointed at the grass and said:
“I’ll take the shortcut. You take the longcut.”
Then, he proceeded to trudge uphill, determined to make it to the front door faster than me.
As I walked the main path, chuckling to myself, his words hit deeper than intended. Having a kid at 40-something really is taking the long way around.
No pressure, kiddo, I thought, but maybe you could share the meaning of life next?
We rendezvoused at the doors to a gym large enough for two G-5s, and he looked up at me, eyes wide.
“Mom, you can’t take the shortcut.”
“Because I have to take the longcut,” I asked.
“No, because I farted.”
Oracle or comedian—jury’s still out.
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