We were standing in Pick n Pay today, waiting to buy biltong. The conversatuon went like this:
Lily: “mommy what are you doing?”
Me: “waiting for the lady to come so that we can get some biltong”
Lily: “why?”
Me: “because I’m hungry”
Lily: “why?”
Me: “because I didn’t eat lunch”
Lily “why”
Me: “because I was working and didn’t get chance”
Lily: “why”
Me: “because I was working”
Lily: “why”
Me: “because I have to work to make money”
Lily: “why”
Me: “because we need money to live and buy food and pay for the house”
Lily: “why”
Me: “because that’s the rules”
Lily: “why”
Me: “because that’s what society says”
Lily: “why”?
Me: “because”
Lily: “why”
Me: LILY I DON’T KNOW WHY.
Lately, those are my five favorite words.