Why my daughter is never getting married.

Every night I spend several minutes snuggling each one of the kids in their own bed just me and them. We read. We pray. We sing. We also talk. This is my favorite part. I really feel like it is important that each kid has this one-on-one time with me to rehash their day. I tell them how much they mean to me and how proud I am of them. We talk about what we did during the day and what we want to do the next day. Sometimes we talk about things that bother them or things that make them happy. Last night I was snuggling Abby and we were giggling like a couple of teenagers about some silly thing. Those moments are so precious to me. I know they are just silly moments to her now, but I hope one day she will look back and remember and the memory will be precious to her as well.

Let me rehash last night's conversation after the giggling.

Me: "What are you wondering about, honey?"

Abby: "Not much." Short pause here. "What are you wondering about Mommy?"

Me: "Oh I wonder about a lot of things."

Abby: "Like what?"

Me: "Like what makes you happy and what makes you sad. What you like and what you don't like. Who you will be when you grow up. Who you will marry."

Abby cuts me off very abruptly here.

Abby: "I NOT getting married. I really love Logan, but I am not going to get married."

Me (suppressing a giggle): "Really? But don't you think it is special when someone picks you as the person they love and want to spend their life with?"

Abby: "Well, yeah."

Me: "So why don't you want to get married?"

Abby: "Because I don't want to have to pick up the kid's rooms."

Me (no longer able to keep from laughing out loud): "What?"

Abby: "Well, when you get married you have to pick up the kid's rooms and I don't think I should have to pick up after them. I think I am going to just spank their little butts instead."

Me (now really laughing): "Well, is that what you think I should do?"

Abby:"No, Mommy! I really like your way for us kids. I just think I'll do it different and just spank their little butts"


The kid has a point!