The other night at 7 p.m. Jack came to me tears running down his face and cried, "Mom, what am I going to do?"
Me: About what?
Jack: When I grow up my clothes won't fit and I won't have anything to wear!
Me: We will buy you new clothes, don't worry.
Jack: (sobbing) But when I grow up I'll have to go to work and I don't know what to do!
Me: When you are grown up you'll be so smart and you'll know how to have a job.
Jack: (wailing) But I'll have to drive and I don't know how to turn on the car!
Me: When you are grown up you'll know how to do that.
Jack: But how? I don't know how to drive a car!
Me: The high school has a class and they will teach you how to drive a car.
Jack: Oh.
Ten minutes later we found him fast asleep under a blanket on the couch.
11 comments:
I guess that's what I need.
Too precious! I love Jack!!!!
You gotta love the trauma of fatigue!
And you handled it so well. :)
that is to cute made my day love you guys take care
ok, i can totally understand what he was going through. lack of sleep makes you feel the weight of the world. i love that he was stressing about being a grown up. that is classic. he's a funny kid.
I remember one night as a kid telling my mom that I was afraid of taxes.
I still am.
LOL! I can SO relate to this kid! The other night (or morning, really) after having to drop Cliff off at the flight line (after only 3 hours of sleep) my thoughts would NOT let me get back to sleep. I am dead serious when I say thoughts of the holocaust and world hunger were keeping me from shutting my brain down. Tired is a powerful force.
Sometimes I feel that way, too, and I'm 23.
i get that way around 11 pm each night. poor little jack. i think it's so cute when kids think so hard about the future. remember when we thought being 25 was an eternity away? wow. love that jack.
Oh my gosh that is sooo cute! The but... but... buts... can really take a toll on a kid! lol
Poor kid! Such big concerns. Glad he found his blanket.
Post a Comment