Repost from digital diary from 2002
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‘The dinosaur got red, yeah mom yeah?”
“Yes, Josh. There’s blood inside the dinosaur”
“The big T-Rex wants to eat other dinosaurs, yeah mom yeah?”
“Yes, Josh. Sometimes dinosaurs eat dinosaurs. Like Joshua eat chicken, you know”
“There’s red inside the chicken and dinosaur, yeah mom yeah?”
“Yes, Josh. There’s blood inside the chicken and dinosaur. We are all living beings, we all have blood”
“Mom, when dinosaur eat dinosaur, the other dinosaur die yeah, mom?”
“Yes, Joshua”
“When Joshua eat the chicken, the chicken die yeah mom?”
“I’m afraid so. It has to be dead before we eat it, Josh”
“It’s painful, yeah mom”
Pause.
“Look, there’s a spider on the wall, Josh! GO catch it!”
“The chicken is painful yeah mom?”
Pause.
“You want to read a book now, Josh?”
“No mom”
“Yes, it’s painful”
“The chicken and dinosaur die yeah mom, yeah?”
“Yes, Josh. They die”
It’s difficult to explain why we inflict pain on animals just because we have to or want to eat them. Kids might come up with questions we don’t really want to answer….or can’t answer.
When asked what’s my one single favorite thing to do in the world, I would usually name a whole list of things that I love to do when my work is not screaming at me. Something that takes my mind COMPLETELY off of everyday tasks and relaxes me. Take a guess what it is…. If you say ‘ reading ’, yes, I love reading (especially soppy love stories with lots of sex scenes, please. Hee hee hee ….) and I also love mystery novels but it’s not the first on the list. If you say ‘ playing the piano ’; yes, I love playing the piano. Creating forms a huge part of my life and whenever I play the piano (as inept at it as I am), there’s this tiny little girl inside of me jumping up and down with glee, clapping her hands. It’s my childhood dream to be able to play the piano! And thumping on the keys gives me a sense of satisfaction when I hear the music. If you say ‘ writing ’; You’ve got to be kidding me! You mean I don’t write enough as it is? Case closed. If you say ‘ playing with my kids ’; Yea...
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