Caribbean Thoughts
by Carol MitchellArchive for From my children
My inheritance
After listening to her grandmother describe a trip she would be taking, my seven year old piped up, hands on hips: “And how much is all of this going to cost?”
On art
We were looking at a piece of abstract artwork. I explained to my seven and ten year old that it was abstract and each person looking at it could have a different impression of what it meant. My seven year old had a few theories, my ten year old commented: “It just looks like bad art!”
Keep out of reach
My daughter enters the TV room, throws a tube of glue on the table and says “Who put this in my room?” Probably the helper, I said. “Well,” she replies, “it clearly says ‘Keep out of reach of children.’”
