Keeping Track of Kids
Here is a little story that I’m sure you’ve all heard, but it bears repeating:
A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper.
“Hello.”
“Is your daddy home?” he asked.
“Yes,” whispered the small voice.
“May I talk with him?”
The child whispered, “No.”
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, “Is your Mommy there?”
“Yes.”
“May I talk with her?”
Again the small voice whispered, “No.”
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, “Is anybody else there?”
“Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s home, the Boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?”
“No, he’s busy”, whispered the child.
“Busy doing what?”
“Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman,” came the whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is that noise?”
“A helicopter” answered the whispering voice.
“What is going on there?” demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, “The search team just landed the helicopter.”
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, “What are they searching for?”
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle,
“ME.”
As I was wandering around a craft show in Helena, Montana this weekend with a friend and my four children, I realized that there is one more reason to do this courtship-dating-getting married thing. Other than the sex, of course. There is one more person there to help keep track of the kids!
Daughter #2, who is eight, is very short and tiny and just tends to blend in with crowds. I have thought she was lost forever more times than I care to count! So there it is…If I get married, I will assign the husband to keep track of Daughter #2 when we’re out and I’d keep track of the rest!
Now if he also has small children, this issue is going to have to be revisited!!
marriage, remarriage, dating, dating with children, sex, reasons to marry, parenting
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