Coolness by Association
I’m riding in the car with Simon (3) and Nathan (12). We’re cruising to WalMart to find a fun shirt for their older brothers party tonight, the windows down, listening to the stories come out of Simon’s mouth.
He’s talking about all the dragons he’s tamed and how they’ll roll over when he scratches their bellies and if the neighborhood kids call him another bad name, the biggest dragon said he’ll eat them right up.
There’s a pause.
“Dad?”
“Yes Simon?”
…another pause.
“Do you know Jackie Chan?”
I look in the rear view mirror and his eyes are locked on me in a puzzled expression.
“Um,…no. I don’t know Jackie Chan. Why son?”
Simon shrugs his cute little shoulder and looks down at his hands.
“Well Jackie Chan is really cool and you’re cool too so I thought he’s your friend.”
I couldn’t help but give the biggest, goofiest grin in my life. My son just compared me with Jackie Chan…and to him, I was equal in coolness.
Oh the wonderful mind of a child.
Coolness by association.
I bought him a treat at the store. =)
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That’s awesome.
Hey! What a coincidence! I have a 3 yr old son named Simon, too! My Simon is the greatest story teller ever! I love that by his example he reminds me to live life in the moment.
As I watched him play in the sprinklers at the park where we were having his big sisters wedding celebration I thought that it would be great to be a little boy and get to experience life in a way that made doing something like that at that particular time ok. Its simple, its pure, its beautiful, its funny. If He thinks your cool, you must truly must be the coolest dad ever!