Appropriate Confusion

Yesterday morning, while I was waiting for Madeleine to wake up, with Amy and Ian already on their way to church ahead of us, I was on my laptop, working on a technical problem at work, when Daniel expressed some confusion as to why I would be working on a Sunday, and put me to shame as only a child can, in the tradition of "The Emperor's New Clothes,":

"Daddy, this is a day off. Why would you have to work on the computer? Do they just give you days off - they don't know when church is happening?"

I confirmed that "work" doesn't know when church is happening.

Daniel continued:

"Why don't you just write down on it: 'I have to go to a place called church'?"

(July 11, 2011)