The Things People Say

--"I hate flying. I'd rather walk."



--"I wish I had red hair. Red-haired people are strong."



--A small town doctor's office. I've been going there for a of couple years now. It was where I had all my prenatals and we also take Tobiah there for his check ups. One day we sat in the waiting room for one of T's well-child visits, and the nurse comes out and calls "Tobiah!", her voice dropping on the last syllables just like mine does when he's doing something he's not supposed to. Startled, he looked up at her from my lap as if to say "What'd I do?" Smiling then, she said "I've been waiting to see you all day!"