I thought she would be bored and nod right off, but some babies in the show seemed to catch her attention. These babies were conjoined twins, connected via their backs. So my daughter, Cassie says, "I hate it when I see babies hurt". So I explained that the doctors were gonna fix the babies because they were stuck together. She looked at me weird like she didn't get it, so I asked, "Think how it would be if you were stuck to your sisters back. It would be very hard to do stuff, right"? She giggled. I then told her that the doctors were going to separate them so they could live more productive lives.
Productive was probably not the most "child friendly" word, and so, of course, she asked, "What does productive mean"? Before I could answer, she says, "You mean UN-stuck"? "Yes", I said, "UN-stuck", and we both giggled.I smiled later when I thought about what she had said. It is so funny what intelligence children have. They don't think too hard about stuff. They don't over analyze things, or stop and think about them forever. They just say them; plain and simple. They are UN-stuck.
Living a "productive" life IS being UN-stuck. How long have I been STUCK to whatever is keeping me from doing the things I want to do. Funny thing is that I'm not really stuck--only in my brain. How wonderful it would be to have my child's brain.
