awhile back we had our friends, the jenkins, over to play. later that night, levi asked me,
"why does landon have 2 brothers and i only have 1 brother?"
"well, actually, you only have 1 sister...."
"nooooo, i have 1 sister named piper, and 1 brother named jesus"
and then he just looked at me, waiting for my response. which took a minute. because when you get schooled by a 4-year old, it's sorta throws you off balance. me, anyway.
"you're right sweetie. that's a very good point." and then i hugged him for a long time.
and honestly, i felt a bit intimidated after that. i thought, 'oh great. he's on a whole different plane than me.' i thought about putting "teach FHE" on his chore chart.
but then, just in the nick of time, he came home from primary with this drawing. his teacher asked them to draw joseph smith in the sacred grove, and he drew "a bad dragon eating a good knight". we walked down the hall of the church, him telling me all the details about the dragon & the knight's personalities, me grinning like a fool from ear to ear....
cause our universe just tilted back in place. he's still 4. and i can still relate.
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