Friday, January 12, 2018

The Mean One

At three, Ethan couldn’t be bothered to remember anybody’s real name.  Instead, he decided to associate people with their actions.

Case in point: Preschool had begun and, in order to make him feel better and make a smoother transition into school, we allowed one of his favorite Beanie Babies to accompany him. 
“Ethan, how was your first day of preschool?” my wife asked, when she went to pick him up.  “Did you make any friends?”
“The Mean One stole my turkey,” he replied.
It took us quite a while to get Ethan to stop referring to that kid as The Mean One.

- 25 August 2006