Last Friday, as I walked our children home from school, our 5-year-old daughter, Alyssa saw the Ice Cream Truck parked in our path. She sighed.
"It would be good if they just gave us an ice cream."I nodded.
I looked down at her and could tell...an idea had just popped into her head and her little wheel-o'-excitement was a-turnin' away, "If Dad was an Ice Cream Man, he would be a weally--WEALLY NICE ONE!"
Now, this comment hooked me. I just had to know more about what she was thinking, "Oh! So, how you know that dad would be a really nice Ice Cream Man?"
"Oh," she quickly answered, "because he's always doing fun and nice stuff for us and our fwends. And, he would just give us fwee popscicles if we just asked."
We walked in silence for a few steps. I was impressed by her tender comment. I thought, Wow. I did a really good job marrying this nice daddy of hers (I most definitely did.) I also marveled for a moment at insightful little children can be.
Suddenly, Alyssa perked up again, "Mom? Do ice cream trucks drive to China?"
~Sister McLay
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