Wednesday, April 09, 2008
A Whole New World
I turned around twice in my kitchen and found myself in a new world. . . . .
Last summer the neighbor's falling tree took out our basketball goal by the driveway. We finally replaced it a couple of weekends ago. Once again, the driveway was filled with boys playing some very serious pick-up games.
While preparing dinner last week I looked up to see something new - a boy I did not know in my driveway and his vehicle parked on the street. Just last spring I would have opened my door, greeted him, and introduced myself. I decided against this because, well, the boys are getting older and "the mom" doesn't need to be so June Cleaverish. I also noted that there must be more boys still in the vehicle because at least 3 of the boys from my yard had congregated that direction and seemed to be visiting with somebody.
Although I opted not to embarrass my boys, I did alert my husband to the new development. Always good for teenagers to know "the dad" is home for crowd control purposes!
At the dinner table we received a breakdown of names, etc. from the predinner game. It allowed us to at least put names and faces together.
While cleaning after dinner I hear unfamiliar voices in the driveway. This time it is a group of boys I know who have shown up to play the nightcap. They drove themselves!
I looked at my husband and said, "You realize we have just entered a new world."
And so, instead of checking the driveway to make sure I do not back over anyone's bike or scooter I will now try to avoid backing into anyone's vehicle.
Wow - things change quickly!
simple faith
I turned around twice in my kitchen and found myself in a new world. . . . .
Last summer the neighbor's falling tree took out our basketball goal by the driveway. We finally replaced it a couple of weekends ago. Once again, the driveway was filled with boys playing some very serious pick-up games.
While preparing dinner last week I looked up to see something new - a boy I did not know in my driveway and his vehicle parked on the street. Just last spring I would have opened my door, greeted him, and introduced myself. I decided against this because, well, the boys are getting older and "the mom" doesn't need to be so June Cleaverish. I also noted that there must be more boys still in the vehicle because at least 3 of the boys from my yard had congregated that direction and seemed to be visiting with somebody.
Although I opted not to embarrass my boys, I did alert my husband to the new development. Always good for teenagers to know "the dad" is home for crowd control purposes!
At the dinner table we received a breakdown of names, etc. from the predinner game. It allowed us to at least put names and faces together.
While cleaning after dinner I hear unfamiliar voices in the driveway. This time it is a group of boys I know who have shown up to play the nightcap. They drove themselves!
I looked at my husband and said, "You realize we have just entered a new world."
And so, instead of checking the driveway to make sure I do not back over anyone's bike or scooter I will now try to avoid backing into anyone's vehicle.
Wow - things change quickly!
simple faith
# posted by simple faith : 8:12 AM
