Wondering...

Mauri has been talking about Santa lately.

She has said things like,
"I just wish I knew if Santa was real..."

This has never happened to ME before. 

Years back Taylor had a talk with Bill.

"Alan says his dad is Santa."

Bill's response, "Well, that sounds pretty amazing.  Do YOU think Alan's dad is Santa??"

I'm not so quick.

I just gulped at Mauri's wondering, not really knowing HOW to respond. 

I finally managed to ask, "What do you think?"

"I don't know."

I can tell she's torn between WANTING to believe, and all the
talk, talk, talk

of her classmates at school.

It's made me a little sad. 

Our days of making that magic happen are numbered.

(Or maybe they are already gone.)