Conversations with a 7 year old

No matter what time a day or year it is, a child can always ask you a question to throw you off guard. Seems my 7 year old wants to be a mermaid. Now she knows that there is no such a thing, but she is really working me trying to get me to explain it to her. I sort of put my foot in my mouth a couple of weeks ago when we seen a falling star. I told her to make a wish and it would come true.
Needless to say that she has seen a hundred falling stars, even though it has rained here for a week. And everytime she sees on she wishes for something that is out of this world. First she wanted to be a wizard so she could make things disappear, then it was a Super Hero with super powers, then she wanted for her mom and I to get back together, which is not happening. And now she wants to be a mermaid.

So after hearing questions all day about these things I finally have her satisfied with a answer. I explained to her first that there is no such thing as a mermaid. She wants to be friends with all the animals in the ocean. So I told her we would find a great white somewhere and let her try to make friends with it, she calmly said no thanks and said she changed her mind about the mermaid.

As far as making things disappear, I told her that she could go to work with the government when she got older. They do a great job of taking our money and making it disappear. I also told her that if she kept on doing great in school like she is, everyone would think she was a wizard when she got older. Because she would be smarter than everyone else.

Being the super hero was easy to explain. Heroes are made everyday. I explained to her that although you will not see superman or wonder woman around anywhere, there are millions of heroes that do great things everyday. Some people may not be a hero to me and you, but may be one of the greatest people in the world to someone else. I even told her that she was my hero.

Oh and the wish of her mom and I getting back together, I told her to stick with being the mermaid. And that I am going to move into a pineapple in the bottom of the sea.