Joy and I were eating dates this evening, and suddenly Joy said, "Dwah hawtbwoken" ("Joy is heartbroken"). I asked why she was heartbroken, but she just climbed into my lap and kept repeating that she was.
I realized that she had probably picked the word up from a current favorite board book in which Gossie the gosling is "heartbroken" when she can't find her bright red boots. I don't think Joy grasps the full meaning of the term, but she does understand that a heartbroken person needs comfort and is therefore likely to get lots of hugs. I was more than happy to help her with that--I like hugs, too. :)
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