I was taking Cordelia out of her car seat and she hit me. So I said, “No.” And then she hit me again. And I said, “No!” And she swung at me again, missed, and smacked herself in the nose.
I suppose it is wrong for a parent to ever delight in the tears of their child. However, on occasion, I think it is all right to silently enjoy it when providence provides a little bit of unexpected justice.
– The Story About the Toddler







I like the one where he says that babies don’t get hurt much because they don’t really have bones. Their skeleton is mostly cartilage … just like a shark.
March 23rd, 2004 at 8:32 pm