last saturday afternoon christmas tree then updated facebook status kristin loves having pre-ornamented tree house naked tree natural fresh-smelling without lights ornaments somehow looked like growing floor making presence living room even more exotic surprising soon after status update becky commented what does that mean came with ornaments really love girls while were your reunion enquiring minds want know mean before already even though sitting there looking tree knew exactly what referring words were unclear tried straighten things becky responded funny meant love having tree house before it's decorated know--au-naturale least while that makes much more sense seems more phew thought you'd been body snatched what mean she'll never grow words syntax funny complicated things friend kellee devotes entire website tongue untied grammar punctuation carelessness misuse lead serious confusion you've ever read book eats shoots leaves know what talking about many these misunderstandings pretty funny look them from right angle here's another exchange that happened just this week twitter keep mind that momstergina have never just recently started following another twitter know twitter strange writes walk school this youngest told want able grow honest self-aware heartbreaking momstergina curious does your think grow writes she's youngest doesn't want walk into school more wants grow momstergina totally took that some terrible illness wasn't going grow dramatic dramatic indeed plus momstergina pretty funny just like with bare au-naturale tree sitting living room typed facebook visual work with that twitter followers couldn't healthy vibrant eight-year-old daughter holding hand skipping down sidewalk school clunky hand-me-down boots course wouldn't second think tweet could interpreted literally that somehow wasn't going grow someone else might think that particularly because exaggerated when choosing word heartbreaking watching your littlest child bittersweet there certainly many things life that much more heartbreaking mess what about when make living writer like it's easy over-confident about your ability what mean still manage unclear when called probably feel more stupid than person makes living accountant landscape architect facing these miscommunications matter small only humbling it's very important makes think about posts wrote earlier this week about people communicate things little signs make love signs vacuum cleaners signs jesus miscommunicating hurt damage there number reasons signs prone miscommunication limited amount space sign gives what need that clearly came into play recent facebook twitter foibles bigger issue think rooted far-removed from perspectives others when have something tangible right there front whether it's christmas tree daughter evidence god's grace life it's easy make assumptions which leave plenty holes efforts communicate it's important remember that becky momstergina people like ryan from make love signs post aren't always seeing what seeing that's where conversation becomes critical because we're always going wrong from time time matter careful it's important hear others saying don't what mean it's even important hear don't like that makes feel crappy then back talk listen some more right from there 