Shopping in Safeway
Me (wonderful me): What did you learn at church today? Derek (precocious son): I learned about pumpkins and how we are like pumpkins. Me: We? Pumpkins? How so? Derek: Christians. Me: o_O...Christians? You and I? Derek: Yeah. Me: I'm not a Christian, you can be one if you'd like, but I'm not. That's a religion and you can pick which religion you'd like, and I don't really have a religion. Derek: Oh. Maybe not Christian, some other word? Me: People? Homo sapiens? We are both that. Derek: Nah. Ok. So. I can see why he'd just think that everyone was like him. Much as he believed that since George Bush is president, everyone MUST have voted for him. No way, dude. I like that he had fun. I even like that he wants to go back. I'm happy that he has found something to believe in for now. Kids and Faith are a lot more common than Adults and Faith. I'm at a loss about how to talk about such things with him some times. I don't want to make him think it'...