Satan is an A-Hole!

While driving to school this morning, I was having a typical discussion with Megan about God and Satan.  She's always quite chatty in the car in the mornings, reciting memory verses and stories she has learned from school.  She was telling me all about how good God was and that He see's everything.  She began mumbling then blurted out "Satan is an A-hole!"  Shocked, I asked, "What did you say?"  "Satan is an A-hole!", she repeated.  I proceeded to explain that word was inappropriate and we don't say that.  I asked where she learned that word and she said her teacher.  I knew that wasn't possible.  I scolded her again and told her we should talk about God and how good He is and not about Satan.  He wasn't worth talking about.  She continued babbling happily as my thoughts drifted.  

Megan has a habit of repeating words even after she knows they aren't allowed.  She will say something like, "We don't say Stupid.  Stupid is a bad word."  Contemplating this possibility, I felt it may be wise to warn her teacher of her new found vocabulary.  I wouldn't want her caught off guard by my daughter spewing profanity.  I walked Megan to her classroom and pulled Mrs. C. to the side.  I begin to explain, my eyes filled with shame.  She stopped me mid-sentence, her eyes wide and a smile forming.  She begin to chuckle as she explained she had been teaching that Satan was an ANGEL!  An ANGEL!  Of course!  Why hadn't I thought of that?  I was so relieved.  We laughed for a moment before I slinked out of the classroom and down the hall, practically jogging to my car.  

Embarrassed but elated, I started the car already forming thoughts of another inevitable discussion this afternoon.  I must now explain to Megan with precise pronunciation that ANGEL is not a bad word!