On Leap Day
Ty and I went to McDonald’s for their 29 cent hamburgers. After waiting 20 minutes to order, we waited another 15 minutes for our ten hamburgers. While sitting at a table, waiting, Ty started getting bored, so he asked what the receipt read. I read it. Then he turned it upside down and asked me to read it. I read it again.”Mommy! How do you know how to read upside down?”
“I’m very familiar with English, Ty.”
“But why?”
“Because… I was born here, and in America, we speak English.”
“You were born?”
“Yes, I think all of us here were born.”
He started getting upset. “You were not born. You were not a baby.”
“Oh, yes, I was.”
“No, no, no. You are a Mommy. And the babies Come. From. YOU!”

