The grandboy and I are building a city before bedtime.

“Why you can build this?” he asks as we build structures.

I ponder the question.  Why indeed?  We build cities to house our people, to show how grand we are, to leave something behind that shows we were here once and made a difference.

I start to answer, but slowly, as I can’t think of a way to share this with him in a way he can understand.  But I’m cut off.

“O gwumpa I know! You can build this because you got the blocks!”

Ah the age-old reason.  Because it’s there.

 

Oh and here’s the video you’ll be thinking of for a while after reading this post:

[youtube https://youtu.be/K1b8AhIsSYQ]