My youngest daughter, Lauren, asked me a VERY strange question today. She walked up to me and asked "Mommy, can a boy marry a boy?" My jaw dropped open and I just kind of stared at her, blinking.....my mind racing. I was thinking WTF?? Where did this come from? What the hell do I say?? If I say yes, will she run aroung telling everyone that boys can marry? While I was thinking and blinking, she says "MOMMY, yes or no?"
So then I said, "Well, yes sweetheart, in some places they can, but it doesn't happen very often and sometimes its called something different from marriage."....
"Why?" she asks, (crap!!)
I said "Because when 2 people love each other, they sometimes want to get married"
She seemed satisfied with that answer and went back to playing. I have been scratching my head all day, trying to figure out where in the hell that came from. She's only 3....well, she will be 4 in 2 months, but still. Her and her sister (who is 8) were watching a movie at the time, but it was a kids movies that they have seen a million times, nothing special or "controversial". Mandy (my oldest) had no idea how Lauren came up with that questions either. More and more, I am getting the feeling she is either going to be someone important or famous someday.....I just hope for something good!!! She's just a very unique child....yeah, I know she's mine and everyone thinks their kids going to do something great. I just get this weird feeling about her....she continually shocks me and amazes me. I don't know, its hard to put into words. I'm just rambling I guess, I felt like I needed to share with someone.
Questions like those make your heart race, because every word you utter to your child helps shape their views, their opinions, their behavior. Its these times where I get slightly overwhelmed being a parent.....the responsibility is SO great. I want so much for them to grow up to be great people....kind, generous, etc. You just get so afraid that you aren't setting the right example sometimes and the pressure can sometimes be so great.
I guess we just do the best we can, and hopefully, it will all turn out ok....... :-) Minnie
