Amy J. Bennett

Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life

Call Right Now!

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spacebag

I pass by the girls in the living room who are watching TV.

Emma: Mommy, you should get a space bag!
I notice the infomercial on TV
Me: Really, what should I put in it?
Emma: I don’t know.
I walk into the kitchen to fix them breakfast. Emma follows me.
Emma: It keeps dirt, bugs and water away!
Me, pouring milk: It does?
Emma: Yeah, and if you run over it it won’t even get dirty!
Run over it? When in my life am I going to have a space bag in my driveway? Oops! Watch out! There’s a bag of sheets ahead!
Emma: Plus it will save you closet space!
Lexi: You can put it under our bed or the attic…
Emma: Or the garage!  Or the basement.  Mommy do we have a basement?
Lexi: Mommy, what’s a basement?

Things I learned today:

  • You don’t have to know what you’re selling to sell it
  • Infomercials work
  • Our closets are messy

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  2. HAD to share this post on Google. It made me laugh that the girls don't know what a basement is but they're convinced the space bags need to go in it. 🙂

  3. HAD to share this post on Google. It made me laugh that the girls don't know what a basement is but they're convinced the space bags need to go in it. 🙂

  4. HAD to share this post on Google. It made me laugh that the girls don't know what a basement is but they're convinced the space bags need to go in it. 🙂

  5. You would enjoy Lexi's comment today…"a basement is just another word for an attic". Can you tell we don't have many basements around here ? She's been in several at our families' in Maryland/Pennsylvania but never knew to call it something special. Love it!

  6. You would enjoy Lexi's comment today…"a basement is just another word for an attic". Can you tell we don't have many basements around here ? She's been in several at our families' in Maryland/Pennsylvania but never knew to call it something special. Love it!