explaining what i can’t understand
today sebastian was told me how he was never going to leave home, ever. i assured him that would be cool, but shared that if he changed his mind and wanted to leave home to go to, say, summer camp or university, his dad and i would be okay with that as well.
"no!" he said in a scared voice. not the pretend scared voice that he uses when i ask him to try a new dish. but his real scared voice.
"seb," i said, and pulled him towards me. "what is it kitten? i said you can stay here for as long as you want?"
and he replied, "i never want to go to university. never."
"why not, honey? your dad went, look at the great person he is now."
"because i might get killed."
stunned silence. and he continued in his precise voice and his eyes filled up with tears.
"those people last year, they were killed by a gun and they were at university. i don’t want to go to university, i don’t want to be killed."
what do you say?
