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The shortest day of the year

11/20/2013

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This conversation took place at 5:15 am.  Yeah, getting hit with Maymay questions BEFORE I have coffee is difficult.

Maymay: Why is there only one shortest day of the year?

Me: Can this wait until I have coffee? (I began the long stumble to the coffee pot)

Maymay:  My teacher told me that on December 21 it will be the shortest day of the whole year.  But why?  Why is there only one?

Me: Because there can only be one shortest day.  The other days lead up to it, but there can only be one.  It's like when there is a contest.  There can only be one winner.  (I can smell the coffee and now I'm feeling a bit more awake and confident I have ended this particular discussion.)

Maymay: (She just stared at me for a good minute.  I could almost see the thought process at work.  I saw the exact moment when she knew what she was going to say.  She let out a long deep sigh, looked at me and said...)  Momma.  How did you become a teacher?  (Then she walked away shaking her head.)

Good to know I can completely disappoint my child in three minutes flat.

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