K: "Mom, if G and I were one person, and we died, would you stop everything on earth from growing just because we were dead?"
Me: (Startled and thinking fast, 'cause this came out of the blue) "Ummm.... are you talking about Demeter?"
K: "Yes. I just don't get why she wouldn't let anything at all grow just because her daughter was dead."
Me: "Well... I think if it was me, it wouldn't be out of anger or revenge, but just pure grief that would paralyze me from doing anything else."
K: (Who had been perplexed, but now seems to get it) "Oh, Mom. You are totally Demeter."
And that's what we get for studying the Greek Gods again...
Me: (Startled and thinking fast, 'cause this came out of the blue) "Ummm.... are you talking about Demeter?"
K: "Yes. I just don't get why she wouldn't let anything at all grow just because her daughter was dead."
Me: "Well... I think if it was me, it wouldn't be out of anger or revenge, but just pure grief that would paralyze me from doing anything else."
K: (Who had been perplexed, but now seems to get it) "Oh, Mom. You are totally Demeter."
And that's what we get for studying the Greek Gods again...
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