Donnie 4 yrs - Jesus will like it ...

My brother Steve remembers this:

When Donnie was about 4 the string holding his helium balloon at 6 Flags Cincinnati slipped through his fingers. Those with him -- Dana, Danielle, Laverne, and I -- all quickly turned to him to express our sincere sadness for his loss. But Donnie’s pure innocence was seeing things quite differently. His priceless retort while gazing upon the rapidly disappearing balloon as it rose higher and higher into the ever spreading and expansive azure blue heavens pregnant with towering bright and billowing cumulus clouds was, "It's okay, Jesus will like it."

Chuck 8 yrs old - A Scissors conundrum ...

One more from 8 yr old Chuck ... "I have a conundrum" he says, "what if you needed scissors and you had a coupon for scissors but you did not have any scissors to cut out the coupon?"


Well now Chuck that is quite a conundrum!!

Chuck 8 yrs old- Half Full? Half Empty?

Chuck 8 yrs old made a brilliant observation or so I thought. Ya know how we hear people talk about how they believe people who say half full are optimists and half empty are pessimists? Well my nephew Chuck thinks we make too much of this. He said, "Ya know I do not really think it is that big of a deal because it is like this. If you fill a glass and drink half of it, it is then half empty, but if you fill it up only half way it is half full!"

Is that not genius?

Grayson 3 1/2 yrs old - Are you Happy?

Grayson, my grandson who is 3 1/2 woke up one morning and asked my daughter Salina if she wanted to play. Salina said, "Not right now, I am kind of grouchy, let me get my coffee first." Grayson proceeded to plop down in the living room, he plastered a big old grin on his face and said, "Well I am HAPPY!"


In a bit he went outside to play and when he came back in he said to Salina, "Mom, do this ... (and he plastered that big grin on his face). Salina flashed back a very animated grin at him and then he said, "You're happy ... lets play!"

Is this not a great motivational lesson in the old adage regarding having confidence or being happy in spite of it all, "Fake it til you make it"

Chuck 8 yrs old- The Bermuda Triangle

My great nephew Chuck (8 yrs old) was quizzing my niece Dana about the Bermuda Triangle the other day. After pondering the information she gave him he said, "When I get older and am ready to die I want to fly through the Bermuda Triangle to see if it's real. If I don't make it, it doesn't matter because I was going to die anyway." Love it!!

Braeden 8 yrs old - If all else fails resort to a joke?

Matthew is 9, Braeden is 8 and Matthew is intently playing a game on the iPad. Very intently ... so much so that he is not hearing (ignoring) every attempt Braeden makes to talk to him. Finally Braeden resorts to telling jokes feeling certain that will work. Still nothing! Braeden says, "UGGGH, Matthew I do not think you even know what a joke is!!!"