Explanations

Kids not only say the darndest things, but they also ask the darndest things.

Last week -- these are the some of the things
that I had to explain.

Explanation #1

DD1 "Mommy what is the worst word that you can say?" (7 years old)
Me "Hate. You should never ever say that you hate someone."
DD2 "Mommy I thought it was the F word." (5 years old)
Me "Yes, that is a very bad word but hate and anything taking God's name in vain is worst."
DD1 "What is the F word?"
DD2 "Fuck"
DD1 "Ohhh -- so hate is worst than fuck."
DD2 "Mommy, what does fuck mean."
Me "Now girls stop saying the word fuck. It is a word that is used when you are talking about something a man and woman do. It is an adult word and it is very bad manners to use the word and makes a lot of people feel uneasy when they hear it. So we shouldn't use it."
DD2 "But it's not as bad as hate?"
Me "Hate is a very mean word."
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Explanation #2

DD2 "Mommy, Daddy is the S word a bad word?"
Dad "Yes, shit is a bad word."
DD2 "No Daddy not shit, the other S word."
Me Thinking hard, "What other S word?"
DD2 Quietly, "Stupid"
Dad "No."
Me "No but it is not a nice word when you say it and are talking about another person."
DD2 "Oh, OK F**** said the word stupid."
Dad "Tattletale."
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Explanation #3

Preface: We attended the Gospel Meeting at church (revival). The preacher made the statement that we are not to love this world or the things in it. The seven year old was listening. When putting her to bed this is how it went:

DD1 "Mommy, why aren't we to love the world? What did he mean? I thought we were supposed to love everyone."
Me "He didn't mean that we aren't to love the people of the world."
DD1 "But he said..."
Me "Let me see... hmmmm. Okay -- you like to go to your friends' house but you always come home. You love being home. Well, we are to want to go to heaven and not love this world so much that we like it more than wanting to go to heaven."
DD1 "Mommy, in school they teach us to love the world and to reduce, reuse, and recycle."
Me "God made the world, it is our job to take care of it. We take care of it because we love God, but the preacher was talking about loving what are called "worldly" things, things that God doesn't like us doing, like stealing or lying."
DD1 "Well I love this world and the people."
Me "I am proud of you, but you love God more and want to please God, right?"
DD1 "uh-huh"
DD2 "Mommy, I love you as much as God."
Me "Thank you. Now let's go to sleep."

I told the preacher about it and he snickered and said oops sorry, but glad that I understood what he was saying and let her know that he was proud of her for listening.

Excuse This House

Author: Unknown

Some houses try to hide the fact
That children shelter there,
Ours boasts it quite openly,
The signs are everywhere.

For smears are on the windows,
Little smudges are on the doors
I should apologize, I guess
For toys strew on the floor.

But I sat down with my child
And we played and laughed and read
And if the doorbell doesn’t shine,
His eyes will shine instead.

For when at times I’m forced to choose
The one job or the other,
I’d like to cook and clean and scrub,
But first I’ll be a mother.