Children have such a different perspective about everything than adults do. I cognitively know that as a fact, but am still surprised when I hear it first hand. The other night my 10-year old grandson was talking with me via FaceTime on his iPad. He asked me what time it was. I said 7:33. He said no, it was 7:32. We checked with our computers, which are theoretically linked to the perfect time-telling machine in the ether, and sure enough, our two houses were a minute apart. And we only live 5 miles or so from each other so there was no time zone issue here.
He said “Oh no! What happened to your minute?” I replied that my minute was the same minute as his minute but just at a different minute. Yes, I really said that.
“YOU MISSED A MINUTE.” And I wondered if I ever had that perspective. It is a very existential concept. The missing minute. I opened my mouth to say that it didn’t really matter and then I stopped to think. What did happen to that minute? Did I have 60 seconds of time that he didn’t have? Where did the 60 seconds between 7:32 and 7:33 go? Into the Twilight Zone?
We aren’t Mayans, so our calendars aren’t perfect. And time is “told” (an expression that is so interesting that it warrants its own blog post) by machines that aren’t always synced. But I realized that he thought that 60 seconds went by that either I experienced but wasn’t aware of, or, that I had actually missed the 60 seconds that he had experienced. Or perhaps I had experienced that minute in the future.
The missing minute.
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woah there! what’s your grandson going to say when we go on (or is it off?) daylight-saving time again? 24 whole Twilight Zone hours – one way or the other!
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I already tried to explain that and got bogged down with it might have had to do with farmers a long time ago….or with it being safer for kids to go to school when it was lighter out. He didn’t believe me lol.
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Hiya Barb! 🙂 I wonder if you’d mind checking out my blog, too? 😀
Regards,
Kim ❤
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I definitely will! I appreciate that you have enjoyed some of my posts. Thank you for reading and commenting!
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I did and commented about what a wonderful blog you have and what a great writer you are. I couldn’t find the follow button! I looked in all the “usual” places. I can’t imagine you hide it. Help!
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I have no idea, Barb! 😦
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I won’t give up. You can go into settings and add a follow button. Then people can click and follow you.
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Okay, sure will do that! 🙂
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I’ve got it. The follow button is now on my Footer. 🙂 Thanks for the suggestion! 🙂
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Nice!
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Thanks a lot 🙂
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