Anothersunrise » Redding http://anothersunrise.com Mon, 14 May 2012 20:08:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Out of the Mouths of Babes http://anothersunrise.com/2012/05/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-74/ http://anothersunrise.com/2012/05/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-74/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 17:03:12 +0000 dawn http://anothersunrise.com/?p=1573 Yesterday at the YMCA swimming pool, Redding was eyeing the lifeguards. He leaned in close and while giving them a sidelong glance said, “Mom, do you think the lifeguards are, like, REAL people?”

Unsure how to respond, I said, “Well, I’m pretty sure they aren’t robots, they’d rust.”

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Happy Birthday Redding!

You make our lives complete.

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It would indeed.

P.S. The house is still full of Easter candy. But candy just doesn’t have the therapeutic qualities of baking cookies, any cookies, from scratch.

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In the months running up to my Mom passing, we had many talks about what happens when you die. We talked about lots of different beliefs from around the world. Lots of different people believe many different things, I concluded, but nobody knows for sure.

Yes, I am aware that most people feel they know with 100% certainty. That is their prerogative. I do not deny people of faith their faith.

Annabella, being surrounded by some pretty devout Christians at school, has taken great solace from the fact that Grandma Pam believed in God and believed in Heaven.

Redding, on the other hand, has decided reincarnation is the way to go. He asked me, joyously, “When will Grandma Pam be born again? Will she be a baby? A new baby? Could she be your baby and you could raise her this time and we could have a new little baby?”

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- Stupid
- Ugly
- Dang it!
- Shiitake mushrooms (Thanks stupid Spy Kids movies!)

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Redding has been pretty congested. I gave him some benedryl last night, so that he could breathe a little easier and get some sleep last night. He slept for sure, and he seemed a little less congested this morning. That is always a good thing.

Well, this morning after running Annabella to school, he seemed to be getting all stuffed up again. I gave the kid some children’s Zyrtec, non-drowsy allergy medicine. It seemed to be fine. Then this afternoon, after lunch, Redding is acting a little squirrely.

“Buddy what’s up?”

“My nose is so itchy!”

“Get a tissue and take care of it.”

“Mom, it doesn’t help. I’m so itchy. My feet itch, my face itches, my belly itches. Mom, I got all the itches.”

Um, I gave my kid medicine for a runny nose maybe caused by allergies, and I’m pretty sure he had quite an allergic reaction to the medicine. AWESOME! Poor guy.

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Andrew peered in closer, “That’s actually St. Patrick’s Day, buddy.”

“What happens on St. Patrick’s Day?” Redding inquired, his eyes going round.

“That’s a sort of holiday where we dye you and your sister green and then…”

Interrupted by a sharp squeak, “We’re gonna die?”

“No, dude, this dye is spelled d=y=e, as in Easter Eggs, and it means turn things different colors.”

“PHEW!”

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Please note: We have not been fighting.

“Why do you want me to fight Dad?”

“Because I love you!”

“Buddy, that doesn’t make any sense. Why do you think Dad needs fighting?”

“Well, I would cheer you, if you would battle Dad in versus mode, then we could all level up.”

Clearly, somebody needs to step away from the video games. Yikes.

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He looked me quizzically in the eyes and said, “Of what?”

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