I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something
off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away
from her and I asked her not to do that, ever. "Why?" my daughter asked.
"Because it's been lying outside, you don't know where it's been, it's
dirty and probably has germs" I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?"
"Uh," I was thinking quickly, "All moms know this stuff. It's on the
Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mommy." We
walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently
pondering this new information. "OH..I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don 't pass the test you have to be the daddy." "Exactly" I replied back
with a big smile on my face...
