I'd start blaming the sharpener if NO pencils ever sharpen properly.
Thanks for your vote of Don't-Despair: I've been having a weepy day that is probably hormonal but still. My daughter was mad at church and she kept drawing me pictures of sad people, giving me a look like "WHY DON'T YOU GET IT," and I was like, "Yes, I know you're sad, I'm sad, too, but there's nothing we can do about it right now." And her expression totally changed and she went, "Why are YOU sad?" And I was like, wow, how do I even begin to explain existential despair to a 6 year old. Well, see, I'm just kind of overwhelmed by all the sad people in the world, all the mean people, all the people fighting for stupid reasons, all the people fighting because mean people give them no choice, all sorts of things I have absolutely no control over. The only thing people can do is be the best person they can be right where they are, so really I have no good reason to be sad, Maddie, I just need to make my little world a better place and hope that someone else is around to help all the places I can't help. But my brain was twisting up in knots trying to get that all sorted out, so all I SAID was, "It's a little complicated," and she said, "okay," and cuddled up to me.
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Thanks for your vote of Don't-Despair: I've been having a weepy day that is probably hormonal but still. My daughter was mad at church and she kept drawing me pictures of sad people, giving me a look like "WHY DON'T YOU GET IT," and I was like, "Yes, I know you're sad, I'm sad, too, but there's nothing we can do about it right now." And her expression totally changed and she went, "Why are YOU sad?" And I was like, wow, how do I even begin to explain existential despair to a 6 year old. Well, see, I'm just kind of overwhelmed by all the sad people in the world, all the mean people, all the people fighting for stupid reasons, all the people fighting because mean people give them no choice, all sorts of things I have absolutely no control over. The only thing people can do is be the best person they can be right where they are, so really I have no good reason to be sad, Maddie, I just need to make my little world a better place and hope that someone else is around to help all the places I can't help. But my brain was twisting up in knots trying to get that all sorted out, so all I SAID was, "It's a little complicated," and she said, "okay," and cuddled up to me.