Wornoutwoman

In the car this morning, while we were driving to church, my son and I were having a nice little heart to heart. We were talking about the difference between boasting and being humble, and I asked him if he knew why it was important to show class and humility.  However that it was okay to be confident about your abilities as long as he was humble about them ... no one likes a bragger. He nodded his head and said nothing. I then asked him if he knew what some of his special abilities were.  I try to bolster his confidence when I can. He said, "My abilities to play video games?  I'm great at video games!" I laughed, and said, "Yes, but I was thinking along the lines of your kind spirit, your willingness to share, the way you make people laugh..." Then I asked him if he could think of any other special gifts that he had, just to see if he could think of anything else other than how good he was at video games. When we stopped at a red light, I turned ...

These days my son, the cerebral five-year-old is so analytical and ponderous on a variety of subjects. So much so that I an anticipating every word... Even yesterday, as we were folding laundry, he told me it was his job to put every item up. He asked me not to touch any items after I folded them (he was trying to earn playing the Wii). When he was making his multiple trips from the stacks I had folded, to gather and attempt his duties, he stopped when he grabbed my underwear. He looked at them, turned to me, and curiously said, "Mom...why do you wear such little underpants for your big bottom?" Ah...now what do you say to that? So I answered the only way I knew how. "Weeellll... I don't want big underpants to poke out the pants I wear, so I try to make sure everything fits." It seemed to satisfy his curiosity for the moment. I'm just glad I didn't have any thongs in that stack of underwear. No telling how the conversation could have turn...