Wednesday, December 9, 2015

He's only ten..

"What's that book about?"
"Oh, well, it's about these kids during the Reformation."
"Oh yeah? That's cool!" I say.
"Yeah."
...
"One of these characters reminds me of you kinda," he began.
"How so?"
"Well, he's Martin Luther's son, and he feels a lot of pressure, like people are expecting him to be as great as Martin Luther."
"That reminds you of me, huh?"
"Yeah-- well, I don't mean offense, but you know. Just because you feel like people expect too much from you."

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