When I got home the other day, I was famished. Luckily, there was a huge bowl of sweet, juicy cherries waiting to be devoured. As I tried to enjoy my bounty, I was interrupted by two little interlopers.
“Daddy!” screamed my 8-year-old daughter, Nee. “What are you doing?”
“I’m eating cherries,” I said. “What does it look like I’m doing?”
“You can’t eat all of them,” interjected my 5-year-old son, N. “They’re for the whole family.”
“I can eat all of them,” I said as I gobbled a heaping, handful. “And that is precisely what I’m about to do.”
“Haven’t you heard of a thing called SHARING?” asked Nee.
“Yeah,” said N. “God commanded us to share!”
“Oh really, now?” I responded.
“It’s true,” he replied. “God really did command it.”
“Can you point that out in the Bible for me?” I asked.
“No,” he said dejectedly. “But you have to share with us.”
The two of them continued badgering me until I finally gave each of them a cherry. Thinking they were satisfied, I continued savoring my luscious snack.
“Can we have another one?” they said nearly in unison.
“No,” I said. “Go away. These cherries are mine.”
“But, daddy,” Nee whined. “You have to share with your children.”
“Yes, daddy,” N added. “Remember what God said?” How could I argue with God? I handed the remaining cherries to the kids and hung my head in defeat.
Later that night, I noticed my wife, K, had given the children some cherries for dessert.
“May I have a cherry?” I asked N.
“No,” he said immediately.
“Didn’t God say we’re supposed to share with each other?” I asked.
“Well, yeah, but you’ve had enough cherries for tonight,” he said.
“Yeah, Daddy,” said Nee. “You’ve had enough and we’re not sharing.”
Hypocrites.
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My wife brought home 2lbs of cherries for me today; bing & ranier. The kids know that its hands off or else. Baba does not share his cherries.
Kids!
Tafari
Today I made sour cherry cobbler from cherries off the tree in our yard–those that were still good. I will not get a single bite of the cobbler because (1) I wasn’t hungry after I baked it, (2) I didn’t want to leave a mangled cobbler, and (3) I don’t live in that dang house these days.
Sigh. I sure could use some now.
Cherries are definitely worth fighting for. Reminds me of my little guy…quick to want some of mine but not so quick to share his.
LOL!!! Love the stories!
LOL! That is classic. I guess you’re supposed to share up to your personal ration limit.
HA HA!!!! That is too funny. Kids are way smarter than we give them credit for.
Hilarious. I can’t wait until my little starts speaking
Sounds like a lesson in the Old Testament about tithing and gleaning. But only when it’s convenient (lol).
I like it when my wife and I are told that we need to take a time out because we’ve been bad.
Peace!
Joey
P.S. Enjoying your quotes on Twitter.
Great story! I don’t think I have ever had a cherry that wasn’t part of some ice cream or an alcoholic drink.
Oh that is too funny! I guess God is good to be used when they want something and you use “man” to get out of what someone else wants you to do. Does this method works for adults?
Ha! Isn’t it funny how everything changes once the kids get the shoe on the other foot? I played that game with NukeGirl once with Cheetos. The Puffs, mind you, not the crunchy. I lost. Miserably.
Great way to make sure we understand sharing and cherries are a classic to do that with.
Nothing is better than to experience right there and then with a bowl of cherries what is meant by sharing.
Now if we adults could learn that with money, love and attention.
I guess they checked you huh? Love it!
That was too cute and too funny! Leave it to the kids to stick it to ya, right? I love cherries too…a weakness.
“Life is like a bowl of cherries”… Wait, that was Forest Gump, not God. Wait, it was chocolate not cherries. Crap, now I’m confused.
ha ha ha!! I am so glad to know that I am not the only parent in the world that reserves certain foods for myself! Funny thing is I just ate a couple dozen cherries before seeing this post! They are nicely priced and are delish!!
I’m just glad they were fighting you for cherries instead of some unhealthy snack, which is what would happen at my place when the three of us (2 being adult) bicker over whether things are divided evenly!
That was pretty great. I’ve had similar beatings from my kids. You gotta love it when they play the God card.
God always wins!
Oh man! Hypocrites!
Funny how the Bible always seems to pop up when it’s convenient, isn’t it? Great story…sounds a lot like what goes down in my house!
That sure showed YOU MochaDad!!
But you should have reminded them, you did give them one
Hypocrites indeed…LOL…Great post
Kudos!
That was awesome! My oldest pulls that crap…he gets away with it too…
Great lesson that can be tied into so many biblical lessons. I’m not next to a bible to quote it but do unto your neighbor as you would have your neighbor do to you. I’m pretty sure I read that one not too long ago! Stay Strong MD! -DD
Hey, they were just looking after your digestive system. It’s not good to eat too much fruit in one sitting. YOU should be thanking THEM (LOL)!
Great post!
Funny, the other part missing from the bible is “God commands you to share, but only when the other hasn’t had enough already”
Classic story! I didn’t realize how young kids learn to interpret the lessons in the bible! Slick kids. Better keep your eyes wide open. And your cherries HIDDEN!
That is hilarious. I guess you kind of deserved that one LOL
this was hysterical! lol!!! so classic.
*giggling* @ yeah, but you’ve had enough cherries for tonight. I love it!