At bedtime I have a little ritual of the 'sleepy story' with my children. I tell them a tale about me as a young girl. I can never remember my exact age with childhood events and so I usually say "I must have been, oh, about ten". And Maxi says"You're always ten in these stories! I can't wait to be ten!"
After my sleepy-story each child goes to their own bed and I tuck them in with a 'magic sheet'. I say, Safe and warm in Cappers' bed, peaceful dreams, my sleepy head. The 'magic' bit is that the sheet keeps them safe and warm all night, even if it comes off (this part was invented because for a while there they were kicking off the sheet and I had to go through the whole ritual again).
Last night Maxi said, "Why are people being drowned in Japan?'
I said, "Sometimes bad things happen just because."
He said, "But why?"
And I said, "Well if everything was good all of the time, people wouldn't get the chance to practice their super hero skills."
"So we need some bad stuff so we can be extra strong?"
"Yes, my darling, we do."
[Image via weheartit. Please let me know if this image is yours so I can correctly attribute it.]
Edit - 21.10.11 - FOUND the image source! It's from the beautiful Tortoise and the Hare blog. Go visit!
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