Short Story

To catch you up on a couple things:

1) I am going to Canada for work in two days. I don't mind traveling, but I will miss my family, and it is cold in Canada. Instead of hanging out with our friends or family at a Superbowl party...I will be in Canada...Esterhazy....Canada....

2) My wife makes me smile. In so many different ways....but here is a story I just recently learned.

My wife took our oldest to the pediatrician for her two year old checkup, (yes a year ago, but I learned this story last night). Any time my wife goes to the doctor, she typically prepares a list of questions. You need to know my wife to understand the level of detail she likes to get into, but since many of my readers don't know her let me provide an example.

A typical question for me at the pediatrician's office would be "Is Katelyn healthy?"

For my wife to ask the same question, it would go more like this: "Does she have a cold? Does she have a cough? She had a temperature for 3 minutes yesterday is that okay? There is something going around the daycare, should I keep her home? She looked tired yesterday, should I be worried about her rest? She did not eat all of her peas three weeks ago. is that a sign of an eating disorder? Do you think she has a vitamin D deficiency?" and so on and so on....

So, I choose to avoid the doctor visits if possible. This is not because I am not a supportive husband or loving father, but more because I think they see my wife coming and know they are going to be staying late tonight.

So on this visit to the Dr., my wife was going through her usual list of questions, mostly gearing up for what her real concern is. You see, Kelly had been watching the reality show 'Little People Big World' that is about a family of dwarfs, growing up and the trials and tribulations they have to deal with. After watching the show for a while, my wife was worried that although many people at the time just thought Katelyn was petite, what if she is really a dwarf?

So after getting through the normal set of questions, my wife finally having mustered up the courage asks Dr. Hackett: "Is Katelyn going to be a little person?"

Dr. Hackett looked at Kelly, and emphatically says "well....yes...."

All color leaves my wife's face. She is on the verge of crying but wants to remain strong in front of her child. She knows, thanks to the reality show, that "little people" can live relatively normal lives...

Then Dr Hackett continues: "Of course she is going to be little. You are 5 foot 1, and your husband is not that tall, although ruggedly handsome" (I may have added the last part)

All color returns to my wife's face when she realizes that the doctor did not understand the question as she meant it, and instead of her youngest being a dwarf...she is just going to be short.

Although destined to be vertically challenged, I love my girls...