My daughter Julia came to live with me two years ago for school. It isn't easy for me to raise someone who is practically my nine-year-old clone, but that is exactly what I find I am doing with Julia. Through our judo and soccer practices, reading, writing and arithmetic, Girl Scouts, and Japanese language classes, we occasionally have a conversation that connects us both in a sometimes deep and usually humorous way. Hopefully, you will be as entertained as we are.

What Does Mom Know?

Julia is delivered to Daddy Monday morning before school wearing a red sweater…

Daddy:  Julia, do you know what is happening tonight?

Julia:  Um… no.

Daddy:  Well, Webster is playing Kirkwood at Kirkwood tonight for the football Division 2 championship.  What are you wearing?

(Julia looks at her red sweater and makes a terrible face)

Daddy:  Is there something you’d like to do?

Julia:  I need to get dressed in orange and black!  Is that O.K.?

Daddy:  That’s my girl!  Absolutely.