True, it has been too long since I've added a post to this blog. But once, seven years ago, I committed to recording the life of a dear friend as a mama. When her daughter speaks words of inquiry or wisdom, I swore I'd write them down. So last night, the six year old calls me up. "Didi, since you are a science teacher, I have a question."
"Yes?"
"Can you separate gas?"
"Yes."
"How?"
and I launch into a kid friendly explanation of helium party balloons and density as a characteristic property of matter, which my 6th grade students will learn this very week. I continue on about the mixture of air around us, including oxygen we breathe.
"We also breathe in carbon dioxide," she chuckles.
"What's so funny?" I wonder.
"Carbon dioxide." She repeats. "Such a hard word to say!"
"Beautiful." Simply beautiful.
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