Carolyn is my serious one. She does her best serious talks in the car, on the way to school, to ballet, the gym, wherever we go.
So, the other day, she tells me, "Mommy, I need to have a serious talk." Well, it must be very important. Her face is so concerned and it really must be something troubling her.
"Mommy, did you know that if you're a kid and you get in a car and the windows are up, you could DIE!"
"Well, yes, Carolyn. I do know that. It's important to not stay in the car alone. It's not safe." I say to confirm her information.
"No Mommy, you can't breathe if the windows aren't open and you will Die. But you will go to heaven, so that would be okay!"
I respond, "That's good that you would go to Heaven but hopefully we won't have to worry about it for a long time."
"Yes, I KNOW MOMMY! But there was this girl, well, it's not a real story, but there was this girl who was looking for her mom at the mall and she couldn't find her, so she went to the car to see if she was there and then she was in the car by herself and she DIED!"
" Well, I'm glad it wasn't a real story but it could happen." I say to reassure her of my hearing her story.
"Yeah" Carolyn says, bored with the conversation.
I don't even get her started on the fact that this "girl" has lost her mom and has walked to the car alone and was able to get into it withou the mother's knowledge! Always an interesting story with Carolyn!
