The Case of the Missing Warts

For most of Jana's life she's had one wart on her finger and one wart on her toe. One day she decided to name them, so we've had Hannah the Hand Wart and Toby the Toe Wart for years now. Recently they both fell off like warts do.

This evening I was laying in bed with Jana getting her ready for bedtime and she became very teary-eyed and eventually broke into tears. I asked her what was wrong and a few times she shrugged, so I said, Jana is something bothering you? She said, Mommy, I really miss my warts and I want them to come back. Being the sympathetic mother I am, I found it very hard not to chuckle out loud and remained compassionate about the situation. We had a very nice conversation about warts, where they come from, and how they fall off and come back all the time.

At the end of the conversation I thought, man, in ten years she'll hate her warts and do anything to get rid of them! Oh, to be four and find friendship in warts again!