On the way home from ballet yesterday, Sarah and I got to talking about habits. She had spoken to me rudely in the car, and I warned her that if she didn't check herself, it would become a habit.
"What's a habit?"
"A habit is something that you always do, and it's hard for you to change. Like, sucking your thumb! That's a bad habit, right?"
"Ya..."
"There are also good habits. Like brushing your teeth. So if you keep talking rudely, it'll become a bad habit and you'll always talk rudely."
"Okay..."
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At bedtime prayers that night, as the conversation went around to the concept of Heaven, Sarah declared that when we die, we'll go to heaven. Then she asked,
"When will I die, Mommy?"
"I don't know, Sarah. Only God knows."
Matt added, "But it's wrong to shoot ourselves so that we can go to heaven faster, right? Mommy?"
Sarah declared, "That's a bad habit!"
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