A BETTER TOMORROW — by Steve Nadis
Today got off to a shaky start but tomorrow is already looking better. I was supposed to bike with my three-year-old to her preschool, but she threw a fit and insisted on “mommie” taking her. I told her that she hurt my feelings. “That’s OK, dad,” she said. “We can bike there tomorrow.” When I told her it was supposed to pour tomorrow, she said: “That’s OK. We can beat the rain, right dad? We can beat the rain.”
You gotta love that spirit–and maybe, just maybe, the kid is onto something. Maybe we can all “beat the rain.” Wouldn’t that be a wonderful world?
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14:43:22
Is this much ado about nothing? Or something?
I don’t know. You tell me.
Your little girl’s positive thought just made my week.
That’s great. I had said it made my day. But it made my week too.
Who is this "mommie?" Is the implication of the quotation marks that this person is not your daughter’s actual mother? Some ironic pseudo-mother?
I can’t stop laughing at TB’s comment above. I love that thought - "Beat the Rain." I’m thinking big here……I’m thinking Forrest Gump (along the movie theme) and bumper stickers……..It might just be YOUR windfall Snake! And you’d owe it to a three year old!
Hi TB, good to hear from ye’. As you probably know, I use quotation marks capriciously and sometimes inscrutably. Perhaps you’re overanalyzing here. I put "mommie" in quotes because, being a good reporter, that’s what the "source" (in this case a three-year-old terror) said. But maybe I subconsciously meant more.
Thanks for your suggestion, Windfall, and for the reminder. I has been awhile since the last bumper sticker contest. I think we’d better do one soon. Gatemouth, among others, needs to keep his skills finely honed.
P.S. I thought "mommie" was spelled "Mommy." Just checking….
Hello again. It seems your spellchecker is overly zealous. Haven’t you seen "Mommie Dearest"?
Three year olds have always been the smartest people I know. I don’t get out much.
Thanks for the note, Indigo. Apparently, you get out enough to know that single, ineluctable truth. With wisdom like that, why do you need to go anywhere?
Ummm Snake….refer to http://www.dictionary.com. There is no spelling of "mommie." Now - that book was spelled that way; however, I’m sure your wife is no Joan Crawford! The book is clearly misspelled as well.
I see I’m not going to win this argument with you. Let’s just say I took some poetic license, as did Christina Crawford.
Fair enough!
i cant understand……