Logic Wins

Hello, Child?

Mom? I will do it so you can go on your trip.

I appreciate that. What made you change your mind?

Well, if I don't do it, you can't go.

That certainly is true, and it may be too late for me to get tickets now, but I will let you know if I can. BTW, I might be going back to Toronto next month.....

OK, let me know the dates. If I am in town, I will watch the dogs.

I prefer to think that logic won out and no one called her and told her I am dying from some rare tropical disease.

The child was in the gifted and talented program at school. They taught her problem solving. She is extremely bright and I worked with her on logic starting at a very young age. She had the vocabulary of a high school student, and better grammar than most high school graduates, by age 7. She just gets a wee bit self-centered at times, let's say. But I guess she does want her momma to be happy, and momma is happy when momma can travel.

Either that, or she wants something.