The other day at Stop and Shop the woman bagging my groceries jerked her head towards Charlie in the cart and whispered "What happened?" Good thing she whispered, otherwise he might have his eight-month-old feelings hurt! As I have mentioned, this pretty much never happens. It didn't bother me. I shrugged, smiled, and said "Just came out that way!"
At home Jeff told me I should prepare something better. Like what, I don't know. Maybe, "Smoked too much pot while I was pregnant!"
The best explanation I've heard so far comes from a kindergartener, as reported by his mom on my Yahoo! group. When he arrived at school, a little girl asked him what happened to his ear. He told her, "A pirate cut it off with his sword."
"Just came out that way" is absolutely perfect in both its simplicity and honesty. I don't think I could have come up with better if I tried.
Posted by: Michelle | January 23, 2006 at 02:19 PM