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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." m$ P% m* x0 w% {8 ]
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3 n1 J% I; b$ z% D4 r8 Z/ U' e"Why?" my daughter asked.
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3 ]7 I! c3 T4 {* w5 t3 D4 B( |$ z"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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"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."( }* Y. a+ a: M: ^# z# K0 J7 p
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We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.( b* n" d q0 F3 y" s! `6 t
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* q9 I: F9 @6 O"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."
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"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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