"Dad? What do you call a solar system without a sun?" my son Sean asked me. He was trying to make it sound like a serious question, but I knew better.
It was evening time, and we were walking down to the docks to watch the sunset.
I thought about it for a moment and couldn't think of a fast comeback, so I said, "I don't know. What do you call it?" and braced myself.
"A system!" he said and looked up at me grinning. "Ya get it?" he asked laughing.
Got to admit that made me smile.
It's about four blocks from our home to the waterfront. Our city has a long docking area where fishing boats and water taxis dock. It's really beautiful especially at sunset. Along the way I stopped off at an ATM to get some cash.
When I got the money Sean said to me in astonishment,
"You mean you can just get money from a machine???"
"Yah," I said putting the bills in my pocket.
"Then why don't homeless people do that!!!" He exclaimed.
I started to answer him and then I remembered that that is basically what the government does...
So seriously folks, why not?
I stopped walking and looked up into the sky.
Waiting for an answer that didn't come.
Calbayog City 2024
