Dude, It's the Sun!
Zero judgement. Pinky swear. I have my own collection of regretful tattoos that I am currently in the process of removing with a little machine called NEATCELL ( https://amzn.to/2S1Xo6A ). When I Googled "daymoon" I got that image and it immediately brought me back to high school and college and all the sun and moon tattoos that were given in 1998. I didn't get one. I actually waited another decade until I started down the slippery slope of tattoos I'd later grow to hate, none of which have anything to with suns or moons, but some have stars and flowers and dog paws and letters (again, a blog post for another day).
Wow, I really am rambling. Okay, so...DayMoon. Olive, my daughter, you'll hear a lot about her on this blog, she LOVES the moon. She and my father just adore it. They look at it, talk about it, explore it with binoculars, search for it in the night sky...I'll remind you she is 2 years old. One morning she ran into our room asking, "Where the moon go, Mama?" My husband, being drowsy, said, "It's asleep." Me, not being one to sugarcoat things, said, "You can't see the moon during the day. It's always in the sky, the sun just shines brighter." P.S. folks - I used to teach second grade.
Fast forward to later in the day, Mr. Sleepy pants has had his prescribed 3 cups of coffee and is back to his normal Super Daddy self. Olive is asking about the moon again, asking where Papa is, asking where her Moon Book went ( https://amzn.to/2S9bD9U ), and when she can see the moon. Tim points to the sun and says, "There is the Day Moon." OH HELL NO. Let's rewind a couple sentences. Remember when I told you I don't sugarcoat?
"Dude, it's the sun. Tell her that's the sun." This little joke has been going on for weeks now. He calls it the DayMoon, I tell Olive it's the sun. We all laugh. I think I'm winning because when we read books Olive points at that big yellow circle and says, "sun." She better. If she goes to preschool next year and calls that thing a "DayMoon" it's going to be my husband going to the principal's office explaining himself.
Namaste, T
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