Kids Say the Darndest Things...
Ohhhh brother
The other night my husband came home from the grocery store and brought me one of those cute little Ring Pop suckers as a surprise (if you don't have them outside the States, they are little rings that fit around your finger, and the lolly/sucker is a large flavored "diamond" that you put in your mouth to suck on).
Well, it was shiny and sparkly and grape and that totally triggered Mae to come out.
In case anyone doesn't remember, mae is 5.
Well I don't know WHERE she came up with THIS one....
while she's hanging out with her ring pop, she asks my husband, "Why do grown up girls get PMS?"
(where DO children come up with this stuff? honestly?) She is FIVE.
So my poor hubby tries explaining hormones. Which Mae kind of understood meant chemicals.
Thankfully, years ago, Mae had probably talked with Sharon about where babies come from, and I imagine that she and hubby have covered that subject as well, so that didn't come up the other night.
Before we knew it, Mae had hubby drawing her a picture of a woman's total reproductive system .
She wanted to know the WHOLE deal and was apparently fascinated because before long she had hubby on the internet looking up books for her. She wanted a REAL book and a book meant for girls. I think she said a book for young girls so she could understand so he found her 1 meant for 8-10 year olds
(they make books on puberty for EIGHT year olds? holy cow. When I was 8 I was still playing dollies.)
my poor husband. now he gets to have a new adventure with mae because when the book comes in the mail, i am sure she will have him read it to her. ha ha.
So fun being a man married to a multiple i bet. heee hee.
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omg! that was so cute of mae. i was having a bad day and that really made me laugh. thanks :)
Pilgrim,
i really admire you, for being so strong thru out everything you have gone thru. I have read what you try to explain to us, how it feels like to have it, and it doesnt sound good. I in some way a few days ago experienced something like it. I felt like i was in the background and i could see myself doing and saying all this things that were weird to me and i felt horrible that i wanted to be myself and i couldn't, the feeling was bad. I know its not the same to what you would go thru but its some how ina small way similia, and i dont know how i would be able to live thru it, but you, you pilgrim you are strong. I read all your blogs a while back in 2 weeks, and wow pilgrim you have gone thru so much, and look at you today, you have so much faith in god, you have hope and you just write so different then before, you sound happy. So i really hope everything is well with you. you are a great woman.
by the way, is nice to have a husband around that makes an effort to interact with your other personalities especially mae, lol who's so young :)
love, Jackie
omg! that was so cute of mae. having a bad day and that really made me laugh. thanks :)
Pilgrim,
i readlly admire you, for being so strong thru out everything you have gone thru. I dont have DID, but i have read what you try to explain to us, how it feels like to have it, and it doesnt sound good. I in some way a few days ago experienced something like it. I felt like i was in the background and i could see myself doing and saying all this things that were weird to me and i felt horrible that i wanted to be myself and i could, the feeling was bad. I know its not the same to what you would go thru but its some how ina small way similia, and i dont know how i would be able to live thru it, but you, you pilgrim you are strong. I read all your blogs a while back in 2 weeks, and wow pilgrim you have gone thru so much, and look at you today, you have so much faith in god, you have hope and you just write so different then before, you sound happy. So i really hope everything is well with you. you are a great woman.
by the way, is nice to have a husband around that makes an effort to interact with your other personalities especially mae, lol who's so young :)
love, Jackie