Category: Conversations with Carter

Kids say the darndest things. Often. In unexpected moments that we don’t want to lose. These are selected highlights from growing up with Carter.

Carter thinks on death

Carter: Mom, that death thing is what we read about in the book, right?

Me: Yes.

Carter: Sounds like that’s what Uncle Bruce got himself into. Sort of like putting on a pair of pants, isn’t it?

Me: How is death like putting on a pair of pants?

Carter: Sorrow. That’s what it’s like. That’s what I’m feeling.

Me: You’re feeling sorrow?

Carter: Yes, Mom, that’s another word for sad.

Thanks, I’m feeling a lot more abstract now.