Annalise (3yrs): Mommy
Me: Yeah, sweet girl?
Annalise: <announces wistfully> If you make a wish, and blow on a dandelion, your wish comes true!
Me: Yeah? Awesome!
Claire (6yrs): <leans over and whispers to Annalise> Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. I’ve tried it tons of times.
About Christi
I am a single mother with two young daughters who are the world to me. I am a philosophy professor, especially fond of Kierkegaard and Augustine. Presently, I teach as an adjunct at a plethora of colleges in the Houston area, trying to make ends meet.
Creating art brings me immense joy, but only recently have I begun to venture into the arena of making my creations a consumer commodity. I'd rather my work be created as a good in itself, and given to those I love. But necessity breeds invention, they say, and human beings have to eat.
Haha, awesome. Although I disagree with Claire. True, dandelions are definitely not vending machines, but they are magic. It’s just more of a prayer than a wish that the seeds carry off.
Agreed.