Why I Love Children More Than Anything in Life

My niece, Arianna talked to me on the phone today, she's 5 years old and she's visiting my Mom. My Mom is yelling at her, telling her to hurry on the phone, etc.

Arianna says she has a secret to tell me.

She whispers, "I'm gonna go tell you my secret under my pillow in a minute!"
So I wait for her to go to her room, she gets under the pillow – "Ok, you wanna hear my secret?? You wanna know what my secret is?"

Playing along, I whisper..."Sure! What's your secret?"

She's breathing into the phone, fumbling around….then a pause….."Gramma's a nut!"

I bust out laughing and she busts out laughing! I love that kid!! She's absolutely hilarious and genius.

"She's a big fat nut!" she laughs.

"Thats OUR secret! I wont tell anyone!" I assured.


Kids are more real, more amusing, more worth the time invested in them than anything else I could think of in life.

-Fish