The Word

She did it. This weekend, while enjoying a lovely time away at the beach, Greta said it. One of the words that ranks right up there with the worst of the worst. Now, we realize that in some homes this is perfectly acceptable. We realize that most of her friends will be saying it, in fact most already do (now I've got you thinking don't I), but in our house it is going to be a no-no. It's not like that we have ever told her NOT to say it, in fact that never even occurred to us. But we should've seen it coming. Her southern twang is getting stronger than ever, in fact there are times I struggle to actually understand what she is saying. (An aside, this morning she was asking me about Belle, one of the Disney princesses, and I honestly had no clue what she was talking about because it came out 'Bayyyyle'.)

And so, should it really be any surprise when in regular conversation Greta just comes out with

"and where are ya'll going now?"

Oh the horror, recalling it just gives me the chills.