Curious as a Cat

Week Number Twenty

If you were to die suddenly tomorrow, who (outside of your family) would you want to raise your children?

When Sparky was little and we made our wills, we asked my brother and his wife to do this. At that time, they lived in Montana, and we figured it wouldn't matter if he moved across the country.

As he worked through grade school, we didn't make any changes to that stipulation, but at this point, I think we might want to. It would be a shame for him to have to move out of the school district along with everything else he'd be going through. Or maybe it would be better. I'm actually not sure what we'd do. Perhaps we could ask my niece and nephew--who live an hour or so away--but anyway they're still family....

Outside the family, I can't really think of anyone I'd saddle with an extra teenager, someone I'd trust to raise Sparky into a grown man.

What would you like to perform when you run away to join the circus?

I've always wanted to learn how to do the trapeze. The high-wire is out (not coordinated, or focussed, enough), no animal acts, I suspect the clown makeup would wreak havoc on my skin, I'm not at all "bendy" or strong....

Maybe I'll just be ringmaster!