jaeleslie

"Did you see what I did to my ear?" I said to my kid after dinner. The third piercing has been there since before he was born, but had nearly closed. Last night I tried putting a gold stud through it, but it wouldn't fit, so I put in a wire.

"I swear, if you get anything else pierced," he said, looming over me, "an eyebrow, or a bone through your nose, I'll steal it."

Tried explaining to him how I started out with a single earring at about his age. Pirate from way back. My cousin did it during summer vacation...

"With a rusty nail, I suppose?" he said.

He is the oldest one at our house.