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Mid-June Reflections: Watching Our Boys Become Men
I must tell you Mid-June feels different in a house like ours and one thing I’ve noticed over the past couple weeks is how more grown up both Charlie and Bradely have become. Since David helped them with the job at the Airport and letting them use our car to get back and forth to wok. Not because anything dramatic has changed, and not because there was some big announcement that life was shifting. It’s quieter than that. It shows up in the gaps between routines, in the way the house settles at night, and in how long the lights stay off in the morning before anyone starts moving around.…
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The House Wakes Up and C Gets to Work
By eight o’clock the house is no longer quiet. It doesn’t matter what day it is — once C’s feet hit the floor, the whole rhythm of the morning shifts. He doesn’t ease into the day like some people do. He comes in hot, already talking, already planning, already working, already three steps ahead of me before I’ve even finished my first cup of coffee. Which is when the house wakes up and c gets to work ie gaming. And that’s the thing about raising a kid who isn’t a kid anymore. He’s young, yes, but he’s living a life that demands more from him than most adults ever had…





