Tribolum.com Making Light of Things

Anne picked up Faith’s book on basic driving theory, thumbed through it and came to a page with a diagram of a car with its parts labelled.

“Designing the car,” she said.

I was flabbergasted that she used the word “designing”. This girl definitely knew which words warmed my heart.

“What does designing mean?” I asked. She had probably heard me use the phrase when telling Faith about the day job.

“Designing means making it work properly,” the little girl answered.

Super, jaw-dropping moment. My daughter knew more about design than many clients I’ve worked with and bosses I’ve worked for, whose design considerations didn’t go much further than their favourite colour.

I allowed myself to hope, forgetting that she’s all of three years old.