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Okay, so today's bonus is called What Will Happ Happen? Asks the 12-year-old,

and as per the title, it's pretty self-explanatory. Wednesday morning, after the election,

I've been up half the night. I peek into his room. He looks up and says, so do we know the result? Now, we told him the night

before there might not be clarity for days or even weeks. Trump wouldn't concede there might be

legal battles. But I told him quietly, she lost. He stared at me stunned. Really? Yeah. She lost by a wide margin.

Later in the kitchen, he said, what will happen? I didn't know what to say. I just hugged him.

But of course, I thought about that question all week as I watched things shudder and burn.

One of the most baffling moments of being apparent is clocking the earnestness with which these questions are asked,

as if there obviously has to be an answer. And since

you are the source of so many things, you've got to have it in your pocket. Now, I don't regret that I

had nothing to say at first. It's always better not to make things up. But since Wednesday,

I've been taking some notes. And now I've got some trial answers

here to test drive. 11 points in the form of a letter. I'm definitely not going to lecture him with

this whole list. These are just notes to keep by my side. Maybe one or two points will come up at a time naturally as they need to.

And I just want to restate that my partner and I don't put our kids out there in public.

So while this list is prompted by a question from the home and it will live here in the home,

I've also made this list generic. I'm not using

a name. I'm not saying anything more about him other than he's sensitive and precocious enough

that these answers are age appropriate, but they may not suit every 12 year old. But then again,

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