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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.
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"Why?" my daughter asked., C+ q) Y+ Z" O5 p" C
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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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"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."& H/ ^- o, x4 Y
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" @# r: v; J: W: y+ V0 {: L UWe walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.
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"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."1 ~* i; w2 J* E6 G& u! q2 a
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' h+ S( f e1 X" L"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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