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I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. @* {9 w: y: K0 L
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"Why?" my daughter asked.
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"Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been it's dirty and probably has germs" I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?"
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4 W2 y- H* e) S+ q$ B( S5 T. |* k, w"Uh," I was thinking quickly, "All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they won't let you be a Mommy."
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$ `( g( m) |" CWe walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information., v* i) C* D0 B) e3 b! n: T
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"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy.": P- S% P3 P6 Q) W0 N+ z7 I
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" n3 D5 S3 E9 b"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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