This Boy

Have you ever seen or heard of Sid the Science Kid?

If you haven't had the pleasure, it's a cartoon on KBYU, 

Sid is a curious kid, he asks questions all day long, 

he is very smart and just trying to figure the world out.

I have a Sid at my house, only he is in human form, and I can't turn him off 

with a remote control. He follows me wherever I go, wondering about every single little thing. 

My day is a never ending interrogation. 

My only relief is when he is at school or eating pizza or sleeping.

I tell myself all day long "don't crush his spirit."

But it's so hard, a simple question of "what kind of jelly do you want"

turns into a drawn out argument about what happened to the pineapple

 jelly that he didn't even like and why did Grandma give it away 

and does that person even like it? 

and what if they throw it away? 

is there fire at the dump?

 on and on and on.......

Twenty minutes later I am still trying to get him to pick a flavor of jelly.

This boy is amazing, he is so smart, he is sooo funny, 

and his imagination is....... well, he takes after his dad. Which is a compliment.

Kevin's sister tells me stories of him when he was little and the funny little things he would do. 

They are alike in so many ways. And I am A-O-K with that. 

Fact is he is just curious.

Someday I will be begging him to talk to me. 

So for now I need to chill out, 

listen, and continue making up answers for his questions.