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at a pizza establishment. My four-year-old
daughter ran into some friends of hers there,
and one of them proudly pointed out that her
own sister was a waitress at the restaurant. This
soon escalated into a my-family-is-better-than-
your-family situation as one girl said her sister
worked at another popular restaurant, and one
said her brother worked at a ranch store.
I was concerned that my little daughter
might say something with regard to her
brother’s job, and sure enough, before I could
stop her, she jumped into the conversation with
her friends. “Well, my brother is a . . .”
As she spoke, our whole family braced for
her to reveal my son’s secret identity, because
to her, his secret identity was akin to that of a
super hero.
“. . . my brother is a cowboy,” she said.
The rest of our family stifled our laughter
until the other little girls had gone back to their
families. When my little daughter joined us
back at our table, I asked, “Are you proud that
your brother is a cowboy?”
She nodded enthusiastically. Then she
looked at me quizzically. “Daddy, weren’t you
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