Sunday, March 21, 2010

Marriage Advice from an Eight Year-Old

So today at lunch we were having a little family discussion and some encouragement from poppa. We were sitting around the table and Kurt launched into a little "thankful for my wife" moment. He looked at Reilly and said, "Reilly, if you want to have a productive life on earth, you need to follow Christ with all of your might and find and marry someone like your mom." I thought I'd add my two cents. "Reilly, you should not look for the prettiest girl." Shea felt moved to add her two cents at this point. "Yeah, or a Goth." ................................................................................................................................ Goth??? First of all, where in the world had she heard that term? Second of all, was she making the link that "Goth" girls were attractive? Because they're not. Third of all, WHAT IN THE WORLD?? Okay, it was a little strange, but she was very serious with her advice. It was precious, especially when she elaborated. "Yeah. She would lead you down a bad path. Because they have their belly buttons pierced, they have lots of tattoos, they wear black clothes and sometimes have their noses pierced." He listened intently, and I'm confident he's taking that advice to the bank.

3 comments:

Leo and Kim said...

Very funny!

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha! LOL Where kids come up with this stuff is even more funny than her comment! How she even thought to put the comparison of a Goth girl against the beauty of her mother is just too funny! This advice is a keeper!

On another note, I really appreciate how you and Kurt work truth and teaching your children into just the most ordinary things in your day. You are blessed to have the children you do and the knowledge, skill and abilities to teach them. It seems reasonable as this is what we are called to do as Christian parents right? but at least I find in my own life that this is the very area I constantly ask the Lord for help and wisdom. . .Keep up the good work! heidi

m in tarzana said...

I love most Shea's pure heart to love her brother ... AND Reilly's humility and teachable heart to listen to his younger sis! I ditto Heidi's praises!