Shawn Saacke Crawford

Ohhhh, F**k! I said, ‘F**K!’

“Hey mom! I learned a whopper of a new word at school today! It starts with F and ends with K. I love it because it always gets everybody’s attention, no matter what they’re doing,” the little boy told his mother proudly after preschool… right before she swatted his behind and threatened to wash his mouth out with soap. As tears filled his big, brown, innocent eyes, he looked up pitifully at his mother to ask, “But why, mommy?” She knelt down on his level to wipe his tears and explained that “no matter what you hear at school, some words just aren’t meant to be repeated, darling.” The boy screwed-up his face in confusion and said, “I don’t understand, Mommy. What’s wrong with saying “firetruck”?