Scared

The other night I was in the kitchen and Maiya randomly stopped her walk mid-step, turned to me and asked,"Mom, what awe you afwaid of?" Hmmm...odd. I knew what my immediate answer was yet didn't want to alarm her - burying any of my children or someone harming them - so I censored it a bit and answered,"I get scared thinking you or Ethan or Kiana are hurt or sad. That's what scares me the most." She did her little head nod,"Oh." Whatever does go through their little minds? Later that night as she laid down, I asked her what she was afraid of. "___. And spiders."