Monday, October 16, 2006

The Joy Factor

I know you've seen the calculators of how much it costs to raise a child to age 18. It's an amount of money that could otherwise be spent on fast cars and dashing dates...but as one acquaintance said to me "they left out the joy factor."

And really, the joy factor is entirely non-monetary, and it is totally the reason to have kids. This morning, in fact, the Bunny was making her breakfast, and happily humming a tune. Not just any tune. She was humming the "Darth Vader Theme" from Star Wars, while toasting her Cinnamon Toaster Strudel with Cinna-bon Cinnamon and Brown Sugar.

Interplanetary terror: it's not just for breakfast.

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