A Night in the Box

Susan and Lauren were talking about birthdays. I can't recall the exact context, but it is a pretty frequent conversation to talk about who has the next upcoming birthday and what the dates are. Susan was telling Lauren the birthdays of our family members and Lauren was confused by Susan indicating that Nathan still had a birthday. She asked, "When is his un-birthday?".

One of the first lessons of parenthood for me was how quickly and how well children can communicate. It might not matter if they can come up with the right words at the right time, but they find a way to say or ask what they want to say.

And as for the rest of the conversation, Susan answered matter of factly. And I think we may have even chuckled a bit about the wording. Then Susan told me that the exchange should make its way into a "conversation"...so here it is.