Watch what you say, Nona!
The thunder cracked and I found myself just blurting it out. What the heck is it that makes these silly, completely unscientific, often times moronic, and many times self-esteem damaging phrases just pop out of my mouth as if they had a life of their own? "There's nothing to be afraid of,honey", I blurted out as she flew over to grasp my leg. "It's just the angels bowling". Angels bowling...geez...I didn't believe it when I was a kid and it certainly never made me feel less afraid. Hugs and songs got my granddaughter through the storm, but I am really more concerned with the fact that the cliché just flew out of me, without a censor. Although we have many fine family traditions I most certainly want to pass along to the next generation, there are many things that were said to me when I was a child that I definitely don't want to. "Well, you better marry a rich man so you won't have to...(fill in the blank)" , " It's more important to be pretty on the inside", and the proverbial "because I said so, that's why!" are small, but perfect examples of what I mean. My guard was up against them when my kids were little but I can see that I need to drag that censor out again. Besides, with computers, video games, i-pods and all the other state of the art technology, do children even know what bowling is anymore?
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