Daddy?
Yes, Magdelana?
I have to go to the bathroom. Which bathroom do you think I should use?
How about...the blue bathroom.
Okay. I think I'll use the yellow bathroom. Thanks!
Everybody Hurts. R.E.M. 1992, off Automatic for the People. A very soft, beautiful, contemplative ballad that should never be listened to before 8pm.
I wish I could take your back pain for you.
ReplyDeleteOuch. So sorry.
ReplyDeleteI wish Jonny could take your back pain for you.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was eight, and I chopped off the end of my finger in the Bosch blade helping Mom make apple pie, I remember her saying (on the way to the hospital),
ReplyDelete"I just wish it was me and not you,"
and me thinking,
"I wish that too."