“Daddy,” my six-year old said, “Who’s Roxanne?”<\/p>\n
“Huh?” I asked. I was making breakfast, doing my morning routine on autopilot. I had no idea who Roxanne was.<\/p>\n
“Roxanne,” he repeated. “Why doesn’t she have to put on the red lights?”<\/p>\n
Yikes. That’s the problem with autopilot. It often comes with singing. In this case, the song had been Roxanne by the Police (and reprised in Moulin Rouge), not a song that is easily explained to a 6-year old.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a silly\u00a0song,” I said, putting down the cereal box.<\/p>\n
“What is the red light?” he asked.<\/p>\n
I poured milk on the cereal. “It doesn’t mean anything,” I said.<\/p>\n
“But why doesn’t she have to put it on?”<\/p>\n
“I don’t know,” I said, desperate to get out of the conversation. “Maybe she does. Now come get your breakfast.”<\/p>\n
“But-”<\/p>\n
“Eat,” I said. “I’ll go get your brother.”<\/p>\n
Boy, do I hope he forgets that conversation! “Maybe she does?” What on earth was I thinking?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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