| When our son Kyle, was born my wife and I felt we | | | | your class," I replied sympathetically. |
| were naturals at this parenting thing. Then our | | | | Kara later explained that the teacher asked if anyone |
| daughter Kara came into our lives and taught us how | | | | had any prayer requests. No one spoke up so Kara |
| little we actually knew. | | | | just came up with something to pray about. She told |
| Kara has always seen the world from a unique | | | | everyone that Kyle had broken his arm her parents |
| perspective. Since I was present at her birth I can | | | | had spent all day at the hospital with him getting the |
| verify that she is in fact ours and not switched at | | | | bone set and a cast put on. I have no idea where |
| birth as some sort of cosmic joke. | | | | she came up with this story. No one in our family had |
| From her point of view, if you have a problem with | | | | ever broken an arm. The dazed Sunday school |
| something she is doing, you have a problem, and | | | | teacher just staggered off in shock. |
| your just going to have to get over it. | | | | While both of my children were in grade school, I got |
| Her first teacher at school just happened to be a | | | | a call that my child had been fighting at school and I |
| former school mate of mine. Connie had been | | | | needed to come take them to the doctor. Evidently |
| teaching kindergarten for many years and seemed to | | | | some stitches may be required to close a head |
| be a perfect fit for the job. At our first parent | | | | wound. Naturally I assumed it was my son. But no, it |
| teacher conference, she coined a phrase that has | | | | was my little girl. I started to get irritated that some |
| stuck with me through the years. ?Kara, is given to | | | | boy had abused my innocent little darling when Kara |
| fiction.? This has to be the nicest possible way to call | | | | spoke up, ?Don?t get mad at him dad, I started it!? |
| someone a liar I have ever heard. Connie quit | | | | I was introducing her to a friend of mine one day. |
| teaching that year. Just a coincidence I?m sure. | | | | Just to be funny he said, ?So you?re the |
| After Sunday school one morning Kara?s Sunday | | | | booger-eatin? moron.? Kara immediately turned |
| school teacher came up to my wife and I and said | | | | around and hit me, ?Dad, you told him!? Her reaction |
| he was surprised we were both there. When we | | | | of course made it obvious his lucky guess was on |
| asked why, he said, ?Well what with Kyle having | | | | the money. |
| broken his arm and everything...? ?Kyle, broke his | | | | If your child causes you to wonder if you'll live |
| arm?? my wife asked surprised, ?When? How?? Just | | | | through raising them, be comforted in the knowledge |
| then my son Kyle, came running up to us, both arms | | | | that they will someday have children and you will be |
| obviously fine. The poor man looked as if his screen | | | | avenged. |
| had froze. ?But Kara said..." "Oh, you have Kara in | | | | |