Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Humans & the Cosmic Pondering

Today, Hopper said to me, "Mama, I don't think humans come from Earth."

"So do you think they come from somewhere else?"

"Yeah, people live here but I don't think they're from here."

"Well, there are other people who think the same thing, and wonder a lot about humans and whether or not there are people on other planets and if they came here. Do you think humans come from another planet?"

"Yeah. I look up at the sky and I think that. Sometimes when I look at the sky I like to think about things like that... Mama, do you like to think about things like that when you look at the sky?"

"Yeah. I love to look at the sky and think about Earth and people and other planets and what other life looks like on other planets. Some day we'll find it, don't you think?"

"Yeah. I think so. That's really exciting isn't it Mama?"

I LOVE this boy to my absolute core. Every cell of my body was singing. It was a casual day, getting on the bike to go swimming with our friends at the pool. Just, you know, casual. My little 4 year old thinker.