Wrinkles are for sheets

She reached up and grabbed my face with both hands, cocked her head to the side, frowned her brow, and pulled me in.

Kate: Mama?

Mom: Yes, Dear.

Kate (pointing to the outer side of my eye): What are those? Do you have wrinkles?

Mom: No. Wrinkles are for sheets. Those are smile lines.

Kate: Smile lines?

Mom: Yep. Smile lines are from many, many years of good fun...smiling and laughing.

Kate: Do I have smile lines?

Mom: Yes you do. When you smile. And if you keep having fun, one day you will have as many as Mommy too!

Kate: I want to! I want to!

And with that, I kissed her goodnight, turned off the light, and headed down the hall to apply the anti-wrinkle cream...just a few hours early.