As I was getting ready, I overheard the following conversation between my 14 year old and my mother:
Nonna: So, where are you going?
Nicholas: We're going to Family Honor at the school.
Nonna: You're such a good student. What award are you going to get?
Nicholas: Uh, Nonna, I don't think you understand . . .
pause, pause, pause
Nicholas: You see, Family Honor is about sexuality.
Nonna was speechless . . . only because she was laughing so hard.
Then she started asking a million questions . . . and then my son was the one who was speechless.
There are just some things you don't talk to Nonna about.
8 comments:
That is really funny! I am not looking forward to those "talks" up at school!
We didn't say the word sexuality in my house growing up...times are a changin'.
Laura,
I still can't say it . . . !
I really think I need to know Nonna's question...like NEED
Wow! I can just picture that. I'll bet Nicholas turned a bit red.
Mmmm Hmmm... 'tis the season. They're doing similar "meetings" at the grade school (K - 8) where I interned two years ago, and a number of parents are up in arms about it. I guess that means there are a lot of people who don't want to talk about it. Not entirely a bad thing, but it's important to teach kids the truth in a way that is faithful to the Church.
Gasp. You said that word. &;o) It's a funny thing ~ I don't know if it's more about generations or personalities how shy someone is about that topic. ("that" topic) ~ One of my grandmothers would have been speechless with mortification, one of them would have left us speechless with mortification.
I am looking for the artist who made the illustration with the monkeys. Do you know who it is?
/Louise
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