Abby came in asking me, “Why won’t the Toilet won’t work?” Which of course was a double negative. Everything my mother trained me to react with (correction) was held back because the last thing I needed to do was confuse Abby with why her potty was or wasn’t flushing. The not flushing lead to me lifting the lid off the top of the commode. Wow! Abby was very impressed with the inner workings of the toilet. I can remember the same wonder of how a toilet worked. Previously it had been magic, but then it became mechanics… mechanical parts to be played with.

I hope Abby doesn’t want to not not play with the toilet [I’m so clever].