Planning Ahead

Tizzy: Mom, I sure am going to miss you when I grow up.

Me: I’m hoping to still be alive when you grow up, so you won’t need to miss me.

Tizzy: No-oooh! I mean when I grow up and have my own house.

Me: Well let me tell you something. When you grow up and have your own house, you will always be welcome to come visit me.

Tizzy: Oh, that sounds very good.

Me: And, if you want to live with your brother, you can do that too.

Tizzy: That sounds like a family! A family can be a mom and a dad, and a boy and a boy, or a mom and a dad and a boy and a girl, or a mom and a dad, and a girl and a girl, or a mom and a mom and a boy and a boy, or a mom and a mom and a boy and a girl, or a mom and a mom and a girl and a girl, or a dad and a dad and a boy and a boy, or a dad and a dad and a boy and a girl, or a dad and a dad and a girl and a girl, that’s what a family looks like.

Me: Right, and you and your brother are a family, so you could live together if you want to.

Tizzy: No. I won’t want to live with my brother when I grow up.

Me: You might want to be roomates.

Tizzy: Roomates?! No I won’t need a roomate.

Me: You might want one at first.

Tizzy: No. When I grow up, I’m going to be ready to live ALL by myself.

Me: It’s pretty expensive to live all by yourself. You better start saving now.

Tizzy: I’ll just bring my piggy bank.