Dinner talk

 We take turns nightly on who gets to pick the topic of conversation while we have dinner.

Two nights ago Camilla picked FAMILIES.  We discussed different types of families, why family is important, how can we improve our family time...etc.  It sparked a lot of good ideas. Everyone agreed that we would enjoy games together much more than movies.  Camilla said that once the TV goes on, it is hard to turn it off.  Very true, my 5 year old.

Last night Mira chose "From church bells (in the USA) to the call to prayer (at the mosques here)". Pretty cool topic suggested from my 9 year old.  We asked how those things were alike and how they were different.  Mira said that they are both reminders to go worship God.

  Rob & I started a side conversation about the NYC ground zero/mosque controversy & Mira wanted us to explain.  We did.  We told her the facts.  We didn't allude to where we stood on the position, probably because we can see both sides to it.

We asked her what she thought about it all.
Her response really made sense to me.
She said that if it were up to her, she would make the mosque as close to Ground Zero as possible.  Why?  To remind Americans that not all Muslims are terrorists and that they just want a place to go to pray & to remind the Muslims of where a very bad thing happened & to never want to be that kind of Muslim.

I like the way she thinks.

I hope this post doesn't trigger any ill feelings.  I just wanted to share...