02 May 2009

Can I Have a Nightmare, Please?

10-year old son: "Mom, sometimes I think that good dreams are actually bad, and nightmares are actually good."

Me: "Really? Why is that?"

Son: "Because when I have a good dream, I have to wake up and it turns out not to be real, but when I have a bad dream, I wake up and it also turns out not to be real and that's a good thing."

Bring on the nightmares!

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1 comment:

Teacher Mommy said...

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