Overheard

The students were recapping their Bible story for a new student.

Student: There were these 12 spies and they went to spy on the Promised Land.

Teacher: And what was the name of the Promised Land?

Student: Oh! I know! The land of Canine!!

Suddenly I was imagining the spies coming back to report not giants and grapes but very large dogs and large clusters of doggy bones. Made my day.

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Driving in the car with Mary, we passed by a pasture with a horse in it.

Mary: Wow! Did you see that horse?

Me: You know, my granny rode a horse to school everyday.

Mary: WHAT?!?! I never get to ride a horse to school!

Me: Well, you have a car. When my granny was a little girl like you, she didn't have a car.

Mary: She should have gone to the car store.

Me: There weren't any car stores, honey. Nobody had cars. That's why she rode a horse.

Mary: Can we get rid of our car so I can ride a horse?

Me: No.

Mary: Ugh. That's so unfair.

Someday I'll tell her how my granny used to pick cotton. Somehow I don't think she'll have the same response...