Hype

(When I was a kid, I would get so worked up over xmas, I would feel devastated the day after. I'd gotten what I'd asked for. But I was left thinking, "How will I make it through a whole year until this happens again?" Plus I was really mad at my folks when I found we'd been being betrayed.

Fast forward: I didn't tell my sons there was a "you-know-who". I thought it best to spare them the lies. When they were around 14 and 9, I asked if they would rather I had lied about "it". Long ... pause ... ... ... They admitted they felt I should've lied. What? Bam!)