conversation
June 25, 2008
I got home tonight and found that Ryan was still awake. I peeked around the corner and saw that he was straightening his blankets on his bed, as well as arranging his toys. I came in and knelt down by his bed and had him come give me a hug. I gave him some loves and talked to him a bit when, out of the blue, the following conversation took place.
Ryan: I don’t have anything in my bed.
Dad: You don’t? Should I look?
Ryan: No.
That’s a fun conversation to have with a kid. It just begs for you to take a closer look, huh?
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The suspense is killing me… so what was in his bed?
Oh, there was a toy and a book in bed with him. It wasn’t so much what was found that was of interest to me, though, as the conversation itself. It was the first time that he just flat out lied to me. My thought was, “and so it begins.”