7 a.m.
My daughter, 6 years old, woke up late. I pushed to get her dress up, pack and get to the car in 10 minutes. No conversation. We started a smooth ride to school. Silent.
Suddenly a voice from our GPS “Satellite signal is lost, please follow the highlighted path”
“What is she saying?” my daughter asked.
“She says that GPS can’t give us directions to school”.
“Umm.. but what is signal?”
“Ahh.. that’s something that you can’t see, but only the GPS lady receives it.. from the air..”
“Whhaaat? who is sending it?”
“The satellite”
“What is it? Where?”
“That’s a kind of spacecraft, above the sky..” I said pointing to the cloudy sky.
“In the clouds? I can’t see. Where?” she pointed to the sky and asked.
“You can’t see it, it’s far away.. and it’s dark in there.. there is this dark space above the sky.”
“Whaaat?” this time even louder.
We reached school and she walked away. Surprised and confused.. Didn’t even say bye bye..
I have to tell her how this magic happens when she gets gets back..