J to me- Do you punch bad guys?
Me- No, I do not.
J- Then how do you fight them?
Me- I don't. I call the police.
M- Yeah, calling the police is always better than wrestling.
A few minutes later at the table...
On religion...
J to M et moi- We forgot to say grace.
Me (to them for the umpteenth time)- We do not say grace in our family because we are not religious.
M- My friend C is religious, he says grace (ie prays) before he goes to bed.
Me- Everyone is different. We do not do that in our family.
M- Yeah, thanking G-d is like thanking Julio (my deceased grandfather whom she never met).
Me- How is that?
M- Thanking a dead person.
J (perplexed)- Nonno G. is dead?
Me- No, my grandfather Julio.
J- Who did he fight with?
Me- Nobody.
J- Was he old or sick (our standard death explanation)?
Me- Yes (as I jot down notes).
M- Is this going in the blog?
(pause)
M- You know what you can do if you miss a dead person? You could write them a note and go to the roof of your building and throw the note in the wind and pretend that they are going to get it.
Crap, I am running out of easy answers.
I miss that dead person so much M that you would not believe. but I do not find the way to the roof
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