My daughter Julia came to live with me two years ago for school. It isn't easy for me to raise someone who is practically my nine-year-old clone, but that is exactly what I find I am doing with Julia. Through our judo and soccer practices, reading, writing and arithmetic, Girl Scouts, and Japanese language classes, we occasionally have a conversation that connects us both in a sometimes deep and usually humorous way. Hopefully, you will be as entertained as we are.
Inventions
Julia begged Daddy to take her to an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, where they have her favourite sugar-coated pastry…
Julia: Daddy, is there anything on my face?
Daddy: Yes, you have a bunch of glaze and sugar on your face from those pastries.
(pause)
Daddy: You know, there’s this invention called a “napkin.”
(pause)
Julia: You know, there’s this invention called a “tongue.”
Daddy: Sigh.
