Why Don’t You Just Wrestle Him?

The things kids say never cease to amaze and amuse me. This morning Ella started the day with a statement that made me chuckle inside.

As we were laying in bed, trying to pretend that 3 out of our 4 kids had not climbed in with us… and it’s only 6:30 AM mind you, not 10 AM or something crazy like that… Ella asks Elizabeth why she sleeps on that side of the bed now.

When Ryder was born 8 months ago we switched sides of the bed because it was easier to put his crib on the side of the bed I slept on. He has of course graduated to a crib in his own room but we never switched back to the original sides of the bed we had always had.

Well when Ella asked Elizabeth why daddy was on her side of the bed, Elizabeth made a silly comment along the lines of, "daddy won’t give it back."

And then came the comment from Ella, that in her 5 year innocence just cracked me up…

"Why Don’t You Just Wrestle Him?"

Implying that if she really wanted her original side of the bed back she should just take it. So funny. I hope that attitude will follow her into her adult life and she realizes that if she wants something she needs to just go after it and take it… as my dad repeatedly told me growing up, "Nobody in this world owes you anything, if you want something you better work at it and get it."

Maybe we should adopt that as a national policy and slogan… nobody owes you anything, stop feeling entitled, and make things happen, give value to others, and you will be rewarded.

Maybe I’m just over thinking the simplistic thinking of a 5 year old. I am grateful for her sweet spirit and the little lessons she teaches me, if I am smart enough to pay attention.