Every night, I climb into my daughters bed and we snuggle and talk about whatever she wants to talk about. Last night, just as I thought she was drifting off to sleep, she looked over at me with her little eyes all welled up with tears and asked me, "Mama, when will you stop loving me?"
Alarmed, I wrapped my arms around her and gave her a kiss. "Oh, sweetpea! I will never stop loving you. There is nothing you could do or say that could make me stop loving you. Even when I'm so mad and I yell, I still love you to the moon and back. I will love you forever and ever and always."
She looked relieved. "So, you'll still love me if I punch you in the mouth and knock out all your teeth?"
"Um. Yes? Yeah, maybe don't do that," I said, inching out the bed and leaving her to fall asleep on her own. I heard her cackling as I left the room.
Oh Lisa, that is pretty funny! Where in the world do these kids of ours come up with this stuff?!?!
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