The following story is taken directly from
mackin ink. It's an endearing (and amusing) look at the tales fathers will tell - and the length at which children will believe!
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ricky...
"lillie and grae asked for a little brother for years. the closest we could come is giving them the little hooligan known as esmé.
somewhere along the way, in a genius burst of inspiration, uncle sugar started telling the girlies three tales about his son from a previous relationship.
{note: there is no son. i repeat. uncle sugar does not have a son. only the girlies three. because, as he always says, it takes a real man to make a woman. ugh.}
his fake son's name is ricky. apparently, he is in his forties. which makes him a smidge older than uncle sugar. just one of about one hundred details the girlies three have not yet questioned.
yesterday, esmé and i were at the bookshop when she handed me a book about a little rabbit. what's the name of this one? she asked.
ricky, i answered.
oh! like daddy's son!
i looked around at the other nannies, smiled in a shush it, esmé clenched jaw kind of a smile, and hisspered, daddy. doesn't. have. a. son."
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Sorry to tease, but you'll have to go to her blog to read the rest - it would be unfair to her to steal traffic! (her girls are hilarious)
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