Good Mom/Bad Mom

I got quoted. As I mentioned in the comments there, it almost makes up for the horrific trip to hell that inspired the post.



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G. is usually very, very careful about everything, but sometimes he sees Stop signs as suggestions rather than the law.

Yesterday we were all in the car and he almost plowed through a 4-way intersection where someone else had the right-of-way. Then he slightly slowed down for the next Stop sign.

"Geez!" I said, quietly. "No wonder you get tickets."

From the back seat, Ben spoke up. "Papa! You are not driving!"

That's it. He's taking Papa's keys for a week and that's it.

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The kid across the street has moved in been visiting a lot lately. Just now, as Ben and A. argued about something, he said in his wise 8-year-old way, "Boy, you guys have lots of issues."