Kyle musings

Kyle always asks me interesting questions as we're driving in the car. He's four years old and his brain is hard at work internalizing the world around him. I think when he's stuck in his car seat with nowhere to wiggle, his thoughts finally have a chance to surface, and what thoughts they are!

Yesterday in the car he started a discussion about what to do during an encounter with a bear. After explaining to me in great detail that I need to make lots of noise because bears are scared of noisy stuff and assuring me they don't eat people all that often, he asked, "Mom, why did Heavenly Father make bears?"

Several responses flooded my mind, but none were easy to explain. So he could have something at the top of the food chain? So the rivers wouldn't clog up with salmon? I wasn't quite sure what the eternal purpose of a bear is here on the earth, so I finally settled on this highly intelligent, insightful answer: "Well, I suppose because He liked them."

Then, Kyle's highly intelligent, insightful reply followed. "Well, I guess He doesn't really care about people then."