Do you ever stop thinking?

The other day while Clair is taking her shower, she is telling me a story after story after story. She hasn’t quite mastered taking a shower and it really does require concentration for her to take a shower and clean her body. So I asked her to pause her story, stop talking, and focus all her efforts on cleaning her body and making sure she makes soap suds everywhere. She looked at me funny, and then did what I asked.

After she got out of the shower I asked her if she ever stops thinking or if her brain is always thinking about something. She looked at me funny and said no, I’m always thinking about something. I laughed.

I told her a story about how her daddy used to try to find my off switch when I was thinking too much. I told her that he would reach around behind the back of my head and push as if he was looking for the magic button to make mommy stop thinking and just be in the moment. Clair looked at me so confused as if the concept is so ridiculous that she just laughed.

This girl, I love her so!