Hottie

When I got married our reverend, during our ceremony, cited many of the reasons Suzanne had told her she wanted to marry me. Editorializing near the end, she said, "Not to mention that she thinks John is a 'hottie'." That was my last recollection of hearing someone use that word. That is, until I had the following conversation with Audrey the other day:

Audrey: "Daddy, Sage said I'm a hottie."

Daddy: "Oh really? And what did you say?"

Audrey: "That he's a hottie too."

Daddy: "I see. And what does 'hottie' mean, do you think?"

Audrey: "That I eat hot food. Like macaroni!"

Daddy is thankful that his 3-year-old remains so innocent.

THINGS PEOPLE ONCE SAID

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for." ~Unknown
"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter." ~Joseph Addison
"There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself." ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994
"Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again." ~Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968
"There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus." ~Unknown
"A father carries pictures where his money used to be." ~Unknown
"Disobedience is the infant’s first step toward autonomy." ~Lewis Mumford

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