Honestly? Not!

Yesterday, my 13 year old daughter and I met a fellow church parisioner and her 16 year old daughter for lunch. All was going well at the neighborhood Cracker Barrel until the question of, "What are you reading this summer?" was asked of my daughter. Now, my family believes that good literature, no matter the theme or genre is acceptable reading which means that not only do we have bookshelves filled with moral stories (Chronicles of Narnia, Left Behind) we also have the entire Harry Potter Series and several Jude Deveraux books. Once the question was asked, my daughter looks to me to respond. You see, she is now reading a fantasy/realistic ficion novel entitled "Bras and Broomsticks".

Of course, you can surmise that the mere title of the book was cause the church lady to turn blue so, I responded to the question by stating, "She loves to read the comics." Okay, so that really doesn't show that my daughter is a lover of literature or that she is seriously reading this summer, but it was the best I could come up as I was buttering my cornbread muffin.

The conversation then proceeded down the "hobbies" line. My daughter shared that she was taking piano, guitar and voice lessons. The church lady suggested that my daughter sing in church. The response from my daughter was that she preferred singing with others. I shared that we had sung together during our school's talent program and the church lady thought it would be nice if my daughter and I sang together. I responded that the song we sang for the talent show would not be received well since it was from the musical "Hairspray". From the expression on her face, you'd think I said the musical, "Hair".

At this point, I ordered dessert and decided that more chewing and less talking would be the best way to end the luncheon.

I am so smart.