The question came out of left field and I started to answer but then stumbled a little. I had started to say that it was the part of us that went to live with Jesus in heaven when we died but we haven't really talked too much about death yet so I wasn't sure I wanted to start that conversation. Thankfully, Jem answered his own question.
"Is it the good stuff in my heart?" We agreed with that description but he wasn't done. "Like the candy and the gorillas?"
Why does my kid think that he has gorillas in his heart? Candy I get. Both of my boys are in love with candy, as are most kids. But gorillas? And then he wanted to know what kind of animals we had in our hearts. It was like a psychology test or something. And we failed. We didn't know that we were supposed to tell him that we, too, have gorillas in our hearts. According to Jem, everyone has gorillas in their hearts. Just thought you might want to know about your inner primate.
photo by l.e.t. http://www.flickr.com/photos/les-enfants-terribles/2918415676/
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