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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.
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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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* j- j! M7 R S1 e" |2 x% r"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."# c+ V, s! [( n' D
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6 d+ y6 k$ v' r9 r9 H6 IWe walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.
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2 E+ [3 u& a5 `7 z+ F"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."# }- ~4 i6 `# |5 ~) P1 ?, C
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"Exactly" I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart. |
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