You know when you feel like you need to sneeze, but for some reason you just can’t?

This morning Alethea was following me around my bathroom as I got ready.  As usual, she was blissfully chatting away about anything and everything.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.  Her eyes narrowed and she screwed up her face really funny.

I kind of laughed.  “Why are you making that silly face, Alethea?”

No answer.  It was like she was frozen in place.

“Is something wrong, Alethea?”

A few seconds pass.

“Alethea, please talk to me, does something hurt?  Are you okay?”

A few more seconds.  Then she unfreezes, shakes her head, looks at me and says:

“I’m okay, Mommy.  I just had an achoo and was waiting for the Bless You to come out.”