Wo(a)ndering thoughts!!!

You know, I always thought "connecting with friends" meant, like, talking to them. But apparently, for Lil A and his crew, it means a virtual linguistic app  Duolingo . Last year, they started this whole "streaks and points" obsession, and I just figured, "Hey, whatever keeps them off my lawn, right?" Then came the fateful winter break, a mere month ago. Lil A, with the cunning of a seasoned cult leader, convinced me to join his Duolingo dominion. I, a skeptic of the highest order, figured I'd humor him. Just see what the fuss was about. Big mistake. Huge. I've been sucked into the green owl's vortex, people. Obsessed is an understatement. It's like finding long-lost relatives, but instead of awkward family dinners, it's me aggressively conjugating verbs in Spanish and attempting to decipher Korean honorifics. Spanish, in particular, has become my illicit lover. I was just doing it, lost in the rhythm of "hola" and "g...

This was my 4yr old son's response when I told him No for something last week.  I was surprised to hear such wise words  from him.I asked him what does this mean, he said we have to share with friends like toys & books etc.,. Mind you, this is the guy who never shared any toys with his close friend Y back in Busan. Then I asked him where did he hear this from, he said his day care teacher read him a story and its about "Sharing is Caring". Point is not about him, now at home I really have to take an extra step to show him Whats sharing ..he likes the idea of sharing his cereal/water with birds & ants(he will keep some everyday at our garden and he loves to see the place empty when he returns from day care). When I buy a candy for him, he now actually says he want to share it with his friend X. PC:  https://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs/xrebel-share-because-sharing-is-caring/ Other day I actually took some food from his plate, he said "its Mi...