Grade-schoolers in Cars Eating Snacks

The last few months of school sped by in a blur.  But what I do remember are the conversations the boys and I have in the evenings as we drive home via our zig-zaggy route to the freeway.  So many backseat conversations where we debate the thinking behind civilians with access to automatic weapons, the most pragmatic ways to make flying cars a reality, and the exact process for how Jacob should go about registering the name for his future technology company.

These conversations generally start with really tough questions, as I make the right hand turn after the Panda Express.  How do black holes work?  How is the sun on fire if there is no oxygen?  Do I believe in parallel universes?  What about wormholes?  Do I even know what wormholes are?  Why don’t I know these things?

At some point Jacob declares with perfect timing and measured conviction: The only cure for climate change is voting.

Mind officially blown…

Meanwhile Nate asks me things like: Why when I rub red soap together does it turn white?  And…

How come we have never-ending snot?

 

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