Using Our Words
Have you met my narrator? Yes, I live with my very own personal life-narrator. As I go about my daily business, her little voice punctuates each activity with helpful comments like, "Mama, you cleaning up cat throw up," and (as I'm climbing into the shower), "You naked, Mommy. You got a booty." I do my best to reply affirmatively to each of these conclusive announcements. Not only does she narrate my each and every movement, but she has also found herself to be a very worthy subject.. My two-year-old likes to give us up-to-the-minute reports about her state of being. In keeping with the style of a proper narrator, she keeps it all in the third person. "Lili needs chocolate milk," she might broadcast or, "Lili doesn't WANT to take a shower!!" Earlier this week, I found her struggling to get out of a pair of footed pajamas in her bedroom. She was easy to find as I simply followed the sound of her passionate screechi...