Friday as I was driving Ethan, his friend Raphael and Emerson home from soccer the older boys were having a conversation in the back of the van.
Ethan: I don’t want my brother ever to get hurt.
Raphael: Me either, or my sister.
Ethan: Yeah, I don’t want anyone in the world to get hurt or get dead. Mom, if you got dead I would cry for the rest of my life ……
Me (thinking): how sweet!
Ethan: I will block the bullets with my shield!
Me (thinking): Who is shooting at me!!!!???
Ethan: People don’t get dead.
Raphael: My grandpa got dead.
Ethan: My Papa isn’t dead, he’s got a shield.
Raphael (sadly): My Grandpa didn’t have a shield.
So sweet and sad. The world is so simple when you’re 4.
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