We have been having some pretty bad winter weather and school has been canceled….argh!!! So all this week I have had an assistant. I am at my desk and deeply involved in some research I am doing for my Ms Sparky blog when the following conversation ensues.

Keelen: Grandma do spiders have hearts?

(I am deep in thought and he actually has to ask me twice to get my attention)

Keelen: (a little louder than before) Grandma do spiders have hearts?

Me: (It takes me a minute to snap out of my totally focused alter reality) Um. Um. Yeah. I think so. I’m sure they do.

Keelen: (evidently not totally convinced with my wishy washy answer, he responds) Can you “google” that?

When I was a kid the response to most of my questions were “Because I said so.” or “Just because.” Clearly those days are gone.

I guess before I try to BS my way through another one of those “Are you smarter than a 5th Grader questions” I will just say…”Let’s “google” that!”

FYI- Yes, spiders do have hearts…but they are very different from a human heart.

We went to the prison today to visit his mom. Who wouldn’t want to drive 100 plus miles round trip on a beautiful sunshiny Sunday in November to sit in a visiting room with a bunch of criminals! Don’t get me wrong, I always (well….almost always) enjoy seeing Tiffany. And I know Keelen loves to see her and she loves to see him. But that drive really gets old. It’s a 5 hour ordeal from the time we leave until we get back. I hope she appreciates this. Paybacks are hell!!!

Anyway, we were in the waiting area waiting for our turn to go through the metal detectors and be escorted into the visiting area, when out of the blue Keelen asked me “Grandma, where do the kids go when both their mom and dad gets arrested and no one wants them?” He totally caught me off guard. I tried to explain about foster parents while at the same time hoping they would hurry up and call our name.

It’s sad that a five year old even has to think about that kind of stuff!!!

The photo above is Tiffany and Keelen at the Prison on a visit.

Debbie