The Mommy Test
I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She
picked up something off the ground and started to put
it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I
asked her not to do that.
“Why?” my daughter asked.
“Because it’s been on the ground, you don’t know where
it’s been, it’s dirty and probably has germs” I
replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with
total admiration and asked, “Mommy, how do you know
all this stuff? You are so smart.” I was thinking
quickly. “All moms know this stuff. It’s on the Mommy
Test. You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a
Mommy.”
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes,
but she was evidently pondering this new information.
“OH…I get it!” she beamed, “So if you don’t pass the
test you have to be the daddy.”
“Exactly,” I replied back with a big smile on my face.
