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The Little Debater.
January 8, 2008
There are things kids do that most parents would expect, and then, there are the events that leave you speechless. We don't think about it much, I think we've just become use to the moments that cause us to pause and make a mental note. There were the times our child asked a question that made the fiber of our being tingle either out of humor or despair over a small glimpse of simple truths. Like when Ash was four and she was playing with a ball wile I dug dead plants out of the garden. It started simple enough, counting was the chosen game and from time to time she would stop requesting to know what digit followed the previous, till her planned end number was reached. As I lifted a dead plant to the trash bag she asked a question that took some prying to understand. "When will I be zero?" Pausing, I asked her what she meant. Her response caught me off guard. "You know, when I don't have any more birthdays. When I'll be zero." My chest tightened, and I held back a gasp of hoarer as I understood the question. Thinking fast, I decided to tell the truth. "I don't know." Clich矴hough what more is there to say? we're not given a test to let our parents know when our newborn bodies will give in to the affects of time and we will stop being. As morbid as this conversation was, I became aware that our little girl was doing some thing very well. She was using her ability to think independently of the thoughts of others. Months passed by and the days just seamed to be fun and busy. So as I stopped by a store to grab a few things Ash decided to stretch her brain farther. Chap Stick was thrust in my hand, an eight pack, and I said I would not buy it for her. Returning to my shopping I was then handed a single tube of Chap Stick. "No sweety, I'm not paying three bucks for chap stick." She placed it back on the shelf, then again I was handed another tube of Chap Stick. Thinking it was the same one I repeated my response. And received the following information. "But Mom, it's different, that one was $2.99 and this one is $1.56." I said no but she reminded me I had a five she had received from my brother. So I gave her the five and said she could use her money on the Chap Stick. She did so and walked home quietly humming. I on the other hand made a mental note to go back to school and learn how to debate before she's twelve.
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