Cutting Me to the Quick

LP: Mom? Do you keep that in there when you shower? (pointing at soap crayons suctioned cupped to the wall of the tub)
Me: Yup.
LP: Thanks, mom. That makes me feel comfortable in the house.

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LP: Mom? I don't want to leave my family.
Me: Well, you don't have to. I don't want you to leave either.
LP: Yes I do! When I grow up!
Me: I guess you are right, but I didn't leave grandma's house for a very long time.
LP: Yeah, when you got married. I wonder what the person will be like that I marry.
Me: I didn't meet daddy until I was 19, so you have plenty of time to meet someone.
LP: Yeah, so when I get married when I am 19...