Things Children Say & Do
After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was that?"
I have two sons, ages 8 & 4, and they were discussing Adam and Eve. The 8-year-old asked: "How did Adam and Eve die?"
And the 4-year-old said: "They ate bad fruit."
Our daughter called from North Carolina recently. The family had eaten supper outdoors, enjoying a summer evening. While sitting on the grass my 2-year-old granddaughter, Chelsea, was gazing up at a large bright cumulus cloud.
"Look! Look!" she excitedly pronounced, "Jesus is going to come in a cloud just like that, and He is going to take us all to Florida."
Years ago in a small prairie village the pastor came to visit a family. After the usual conversation, the mother, trying to impress the pastor, said to little Johnny, "Go and get that book that we always read ." So Johnny came back with the Sears catalog.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
