101 gentle philosophical bedtime sentences
written by a Chinese mom living in America
for her 6-year-old son.
These sentences were once
just whispered words to coax him to sleep,
casual jokes while baking bread,
made-up comfort when he asked "What is death?"
and she squatted down to hug him tight.
Later she realized
these bits of "nonsense"
somehow brought Nietzsche, Laozi, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein
back to life.
This is not a typical parenting book-
it's an awakening diary
of a mom who dared to turn her days
into ha ha ha ha
just for herself.
Read one sentence to your child at bedtime-
they'll dream all night of "Teacher is here."
Read one when you're feeling low-
and be hugged into laughter.
Open this book,
and may you too be loved
by a fluttering moth of your own
until you are no longer afraid of the dark.
-- The Universe's Wildest Philosophy Mom
