Mommy, what starts with glass slipper?

G.

Then what?

L.

Then what?

A.

Mommy! WHAT- starts with glass slipper?

I'm trying to tell you! G-l-a-s-s-s-l-i-p-p-

Pee pee?

Yes... p-p-e-r.

What does pee-pee start with?

P.

What does pea start with?

P.

No, the letter 'p.'

P!! I roar with fire, desperate to get my mind back to where it was before the conversation commenced...

And then, right after the smoke settles- that is the moment when I start to wonder when I became this person. This person who loses her temper in 3 seconds flat. Over the letter p.

I'm like Cookie Monster. On crack.

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