Little Kids

  

     Don't you love quotes from little kids?  I love to hear their honest minds at work.

     Some years ago, four year old Kevin, told me he had gone to the natural science museum in Chicago.  I asked him if he had seen any real live mummies.  He answered:  "All of the mummies are deadies".  Never spar with someone smarter than you.

    

  Three year old Gabe, told his mom he didn't want to go to Lowe's recently, because Finkelstine was there.  Finkelstine/Frankenstein, it's all the same when you see those scary Halloween displays.

   

    His cousin, Eli when questioned if he had washed his hands after going to the bathroom, answered: " Why? I just touched myself ".

    

    Samantha, who is five and lives across the side street from me, said to me Wednesday night, while she and big sister, Rachel were making chalk drawings on my front patio:  "Wouldn't it be great if you were my grandma and lived across the street?"   How sweet is that?  Both of her grandmothers live in other towns.

     

    One of my favorite new stories comes from my friend, Sue.  Her across-the-street neighbor has two little boys, Trevor, 6 and Tanner,4.   The family had a dog, Sadie before the boys were born and some years back, their neighbors were moving and decided not to take their dog, Max.  So the family inherited another dog.  Within the last few months, both dogs died.  One Sunday recently, the dad announced he was going to church and asked who would like to come along,  Tanner said he would.  On the way there, he asked what would they do in church and the dad answered "see Jesus".  While the dad sat in the pew, Tanner stood on his knees and looked around.  Finally he asked:  "Where's this Jesus?"  His dad commented that "Jesus was all around us" and others sitting around them in the Methodist Church added that Jesus loved us and answered our prayers.

     Later in the day, the parents were in the kitchen when Tanner walked in backpack over his arm and his teddy bear in hand.  Dad asked:  "Son, are you going someplace?"  The four year old responded: "Yes, I'm going to go find this Jesus guy and get my dogs back!"

    

       I wish  I had written down all the wonderful stories I've heard about kids over the years.  They would have made a great book.  Wait a minute, a fellow named Art Linkletter did that years ago!

   

    Earlier this year, great-great nephew Easton got a Nintendo DS for his fourth birthday.  It's not what he says but his reaction which is pure joy. 

          Children are proof God still has hope in the human race.