There was a cute family with two small children standing in a parking lot. One of the children, the little girl, had a balloon tightly clenched in her fist. The little boy had already released his, and watched as it floated up into the evening's clouds.
The parents were talking their daughter into letting go of her red treasure in exchange for a wish. She thought hard and finally loosened her grip. proclaiming "I wish to grow up!"
I bet her parents wished they had let her keep the ballon and save that wish for a later date, perhaps a few years down the road. I guess the car was too full for red treasures that day.
It made me a little sad. Yet, I still wish to grow up, too.
that would make a good children's story.
ReplyDeletei do love this. but it makes me sad. and worry that i have pressured a child into growing up too fast.
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