The past month has been surreal. Sure, we've had ups and downs. This time, though, none of the downs affected us for more than 24 hrs,
Friday morning, for example, mike had to carry Rose to the car to get to school. We wouldn't let her wear shorts so she refused to cooperate.
(She ended up wearing shorts anyway, which is perhaps a lesson learned for us first time patents. Choose your battles wisely.)
We issued consequences. She came home Friday afternoon happy and determined to please us. She wrote two letters of apology and cleaned her room. The rest of her weekend was spent researching and writing a report on The Civil War.
Sounds lame. Yet tonight, we slurped spaghetti noodles as chocolate chip cookies filled the house with a calming aroma. We watched the newest Muppet movie. I read "The Secret Garden" to Rose until bedtime.
It was everything I dreamed it could be. It wasn't flashy. It just was. And it was wonderful.
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