Vote of Confidence

(reading an email to The Boy that I received in the midst of our recent cold snap)

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No Little League Team / Manager should start or conduct a practice with the temperature below 40°degrees.

The Team Manager should use caution and exercise good judgment when temperatures are 40°-45° degrees”. This policy is guideline and not meant to replace common sense.

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Him: "So . . . . its up to our Little League coach to decide to cancel practice when it's too cold to play?"

Me: "Yep, that's right"

Him, walking away with a heavy sigh, "That's it, we're screwed."

Ice Cream: A study in crayon and pencil

He's learning the ways . . .

(standing with me, staring, as I put on my makeup in front of the vanity mirror) "Mom, why do you put on so much makeup?"

Me: "So I will look prettier."

Him, haltingly: "But . . . it doesn't . . . " (then stopping suddenly, then total silence as he thinks better of it, walking away, lips pursed.)

Mr. Clarity

(In the car . . .)

Me, trying to explain the intricacies of my recent gastric bypass surgery to The Boy and his sister:
"So now that I have had the surgery, my tummy is really small. It's like the size of a baby's tummy, so it's like having a newborn baby tummy . . ."

Without missing a beat, the boy added, "Yeah, it's like having a newborn baby tummy in a really, REALLY old body."