Kids Make the Best Therapists
November 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Last night while reading a book to my niece, tears started rolling down my cheeks. She looked at me like I’d lost my mind. I tried to explain the story was especially poignant for me, but it’s incredibly difficult to express to a child that I’m so obsessed with finding perfection that I often forget to find happiness. So I did what I do best, I illustrated the point with a drinking example.
“It’s like a mint julep Hannah. I’ve always wanted one, but haven’t.”
“Why?”
“You can drink a mint julep anywhere, but in my head it has to be perfect. I need to be in Savannah, Georgia on a porch swing with someone I love.”
“Aunt Sarah, your head is wrong and kinda weird.”
Ouch. Who needs therapy when you have an insightful niece?
Comments
Your head is also pretty. But Hannah is kind of right in a funny little kid way.
You might accidentally find perfection hiding somewhere right behind a tiny piece of happiness, so go get it. Love you!