This morning Safiya insisted that she didn't want anything for breakfast (note: she'd already snagged a chocolate cupcake from the counter :-) and I insisted she had to eat something. And then in my best Mom voice, I said "if you don't pick something, then I'll pick it for you."
And then, close beside me I heard her say in a small voice:
"But...I don't want you to choose my life for me..."
Wow. When did that happen? This is in the middle of a morning that also includes questions as to why can't we go into the television and have a conversation with Toopy and Binoo, and did I know that dragons are faster than wildebeest who are faster than plankton? And then she throws that at me. Relentless, she followed it up with:
"Everybody's life is different, right?"
She picked fried purple cabbage and I had humble pie.
those little ones catch on quicker than we think sometimes, no? but seriously, she picked red cabbage for breakfast? wow, at least you're making progress somewhere for sure!! :)
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