I’m a total sucker for the panicky phone calls during which son explains what he has forgotten and desperately needs. Right now. I have left the office and driven home/school to drop off permission slips, shiny Dingle shoes for marching band performances, large boxes of granola bars, signed acknowledgements of test results and homework completed, and boxes of straws for science club experiments. I know I enable. I just have a hard time saying no to him/them. In part because they are trying hard, and they are good students, and they are children.
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oranges for the soccer team
Our turn to bring the snack but didn’t manage to buy oranges until the last minute (in spite of the fact that the date has been known for months). Fortunately, orchard next to the fields sells 10 pound bags for $3 so I brought knife and cutting board along with me. Bought oranges then saw M. and B. loading their things into the car. Felt very parenting-inadequate, as usual. Hid behind orange trees until they left. Cut oranges in car while standing on the side of the road, taking care not to drop any sections on to the dirty car floor. Filled bowl. Voila.
Break or Knot 