To Be Writer's Journal 4: Thirty six

36 is such a old fat ugly number. The three has the breasts so big as a room and the six has the big fat bottom. When I hear 36, I think of old fat and ugly. 36 apples is too many to eat, 36 degrees Celsius is too hot to breath, 36 kids are too many in a classroom, 36 plates are too many to wash, 36 years is too old to feel young.

Then my daughter comes to the room. She wants me to jump with her from the stairs. I say "Maybe it is not such a good idea for your old mama to jump". She laughs with the sincerity that only a child can have: "Mama, you are not old!".

36, young and wonderful!