Out of the Mouths of Toddlers

Spaceship Earth has made another trip around the sun since my last birthday, and so it's time to reflect on my advancing age.

Fortunately, I no longer have to wonder if I'm getting old — I have people here to confirm it!

The other day Elliot was thirsty, so he picked up a glass of water from Kelly's nightstand and prepared to drink it.

I stopped him because the glass had been sitting there for a couple days. "You don't want that, Elliot. That water is very old."

"Okay, Daddy," he said. And then he tried to get me to drink it.

"What are you doing? I don't want that."

"Why not?"

"I told you, it's old."

"But YOU'RE old."

Sigh.

"It doesn't work that way."