“Mama?”

“Yes honey?” I replied distractedly.

“What’s the Birds and Bees?”

I knew this day was coming, yet still like any mother I was startled.

“Maya honey, let’s go sit on the couch okay?”

Once maya had curled into a little ball on the armchair, I took a deep breath and asked her: “what do you think the birds and the bees are?

“Sarah told me that it’s when a girl and a boy go and have special playtime, but only with each other.”

“That’s almost right, expect that the boy and girl are much much older, and they both have to want to play.”

“When can I bird and bee with a boy?” Maya asked in a way that only a child might.

“When you’re older.” I said smiling.