Thanksgiving

Scene: Dinner, last night.

Chris: Jay, take your toys off the table and eat dinner.

Jay absorbed in play

Chris: Jay, take your toys off the table and eat dinner.

Jay completely absorbed in play

Chris: (voice growing more strained) Jay, take your toys off the table and eat. Your. Dinner.

Jay still completely absorbed by play

Exasperated, Chris picks up Jays toys and moves them to the living room.

Jay: (stunned) Why’d you do that, Daddy?

Chris: Jay I told you THREE times to put your toys away and eat dinner. You’re lucky all I did was MOVE your toys.

Jay: (Incredulously) No, that’s not lucky!

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This morning

Me: In our family, we don’t call names.

Jay: Well… I’m called Jay.

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This morning, I am thankful for many things. Including the two small people who live with me and the laughter they encourage. We’re off to Chicago for Thanksgiving this morning. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, wherever you are.