Monsters and Metaphors

Metaphors are unfortunately literal to my younger daughter. If someone says, “It’s raining cats and dogs,” she looks up at the sky and imagines puppies falling.

I asked her for an example, and she said, “It’s hard to pull off the top of my head.” I was grossed out. Then she added, “Keep your eye on the ball is agonizing. But Keep your eyes peeled is worse.”

Now I’m doing it too.

And she’s infected me with monsters.

She draws monsters, especially in the corners of her school notes. I’ve been knitting monsters, and now they’re inhabiting the corners of our living room.

We’re living surrounded by monsters and metaphors.

Maureen