Perhaps

Maybe, It's possible.  Tonight at dinner, my son asked me if he could do something.  Without thinking much of it, I answered "Perhaps."  He thought for a moment and said, "What does perhaps mean?"  I'm sure that he's asked me what other words mean before, but this time, it struck me differently.  I told him that it was similar to "maybe."  About ten minutes later, he used "perhaps" in a sentence of his own.  Hearing him use the word made me so proud.  Sometimes I think he's an adult inside that little body.