It's All About Love

Last week, I did a little research with two of my kids. I asked child #3 to research a specific university and tell our family a little about it. He did a great job.

With my youngest, I did a little research on average salaries versus education levels. Maybe not the best motive to get an education, but I figured it couldn't hurt to give them an extra reason to go to college.

As we sat down to do the research, she asked, "Why do we have to do this?"

I answered, "Well, we don't have to do it, but I think it's good to learn new things. Learning is really what life is all about." My mind was obviously focused on the importance of education since I was about to try to beat that idea into my kids' heads. 

Without missing a beat, she looked at me with a genuinely confused expression on her face and said, "Really? I thought life was all about loving each other."

I had to acknowledge she was right and said something lame about learning being another really important part. We did the research anyway and both kids did a great job presenting it.

But I've been thinking a lot about my young daughter and her wisdom. Sometimes having kids is really difficult. But sometimes stuff like this happens and I'm left feeling stunned. In a good way. Life is incomprehensible sometimes, but it's also really good.