On the way home from my most recent work trip to St. Louis, I was re-listening to the podcast of a This American Life episode, in which Michael Savage talks about discussing marrying his partner with his and his partner’s adopted son. Listening to that podcast reminded me of a conversation I had with Mikaela on the way home from camp a couple of weeks ago. It went something like this:
Mikaela: Can boys marry boys?
Me: Yes, in some places. Hopefully, everywhere sometime soon.
Mikaela: Can girls marry girls?
Me: Yes, in some places. Hopefully, everywhere sometime soon.
Mikaela: But usually girls marry boys, right?
Me: Yes, usually.
Mikaela: So girls can marry girls OR boys?
Me: Yes.
Mikaela: [deep sigh] I just don’t know who I’m going to marry. That makes so many to choose from.
Me: It’s OK honey, that’s not a decision you need to make any time soon.
Mikaela: [sigh] OK. But I just don’t know how I’m going to decide who to marry.
Me: I’m sure you’ll figure it out - hopefully sometime after college.
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I love you guys—that’s just all I can say after reading this!
Ahh…the weight of the world is on that little one’s shoulders. Let’s not discuss the energy crisis or the national debt with her, please, she’s got enough to worry about.
Hello, my name is Robert Neddo. I’m an old friend of Corey’s. We all played on a 3-on-3 team together a looooooong time ago. (I believe we were 3 Jews and a Goy, but I forget which one I was) I haven’t communicated with Corey in years (I’ve been living in Taiwan for the past 7), but his name popped into my head earlier today and I thought I’d try to get in touch with him just to say hi. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d appreciate it if you passed along my email address to him.
I’ve enjoyed checking out your site. Really cute kids.
In case a pic might help you remember me, here you go http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryneddo/sets/
I’m somewhere in there.
Thanks! Take care, R-
That was amazing. Haha I love you all.
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