My explanation of how I didn't realize the morbid angle on the previous quote:
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Hey all, as you know, I've made it a bit of a theme to write quotes with this blog and when I picked the last one, I was thinking that that it was funny - as in...kids are hard work, they keep you up late, and you have to chase them around a bunch and if they stayed the same age forever, well, the average life span of an adult would decrease dramatically because while they are cute and charming, they're damned exhausting. In taking a second look at the quote, I realize that it is a little morbid in Kingsolver's original intention, so ignore her meaning and laugh with me as I imagine Finn staying the same age for 20 years and the responsibility that would befall my brother and Hilary. Imagine 20 years of chasing a 1 1/2-year-old.
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