It’s how you see it.
Zoe has developed the habit of giving a thumbs-up whenever she likes something – a food, a drink, a TV show, or just a drawing that she has done. Of course, in her case, it’s really a thumb-and-index-finger-up. A few evenings ago, she was playing with a little LED bicycle light that K bought on our last trip to Hong Kong. After shining it everywhere she was not supposed to, such as in my eyes, she trained the beam on the nubbin on her left hand.
“See, I have this little thing on my hand.”
“Yes, your thumb was supposed to have been there, but it didn’t grow.”
“Nooooo! My thumb is here! See?” She shoved her right thumb in my face.
Apparently, she no longer thinks that she doesn’t have a thumb, but that she has one thumb and one nubbin. Sometimes it takes a 3-year old to teach you that you are in charge of your own perspective.
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Agreed! It’s the kids that have the right perspective (most times…). Nothing like approaching things like a child….