Monthly Archives: June 2011

Conversation

Kenna sits in the very back row of our minivan. Sometimes she’s hard to hear over road noise, sister noise, and because of her generally quiet voice. The other day she said something, which I didn’t hear. I asked her to repeat herself and she did, but I still didn’t hear. I told her I’d have to have her repeat it when we stopped and it was quieter.

When we stopped, I asked her to say it again – she gave me a disgusted look, rolled her eyes and said: “Mom, we already had this con-bersation before.”

Rated ‘R’

Moira and I were talking about why movies have ratings. I explained that rated ‘R’ meant they could have violence and bad words. Moira says “you mean like stupid?” I told her that it would be worse than that.

She nodded knowingly and said “You mean dumbhead.”

Marriage Proposal

Moira and Kenna were snuggling on the couch last night and Kenna turned to Moira and said “will you just marry me and then we can live together forever?” Moira seriously considered the proposal and told her “I might want to marry someone else, but I’ll let you know.”