good answer

the other day van was telling us about a conversation he had with one of the boys in his class about going to church. i don't know how it came up, but i guess the boy was telling him that he doesn't go, and they must have discussed van's church going activity because the boy asked van why he went to church every sunday. it sounded like each of them were trying to figure out the others weird ways.
i asked him what his response was, expecting to hear something like "because my parents make me go."
but without hesitation he said, "because it's important."
we must be doing something right.