My nephew Wilson climbed up on the couch with me yesterday evening and said, “Aunt Nikki, I love to cuddle with you. I wish you were my bear.” And he knows the words to “Ring of Fire.”

Scene: Midwestern living room. Baby is playing, wife is on the floor, husband is seated in chair, gazing into the distance.
Wife: What’re you thinking about?
Husband: You really want to know?
Wife, hesitates: Yeah
Husband: Balrogs.