in the late afternoon dig
of 4:00 til supper
we went to the front yard
(again inspired by life in the front yard)
with the hose
micah turned on the pump
and we began watering the driveway
just as a good flow was growing
eliza would come
and pluck the hose off the drive
micah would scream
naomi would retreat
and eliza would beam
tired, i said to micah:
just deal with it
it’s like the weather
it just happens
it’s like god
micah looks at me and says:
yeah, but she’s smiling
hmmmmmmm…
that’s like the god i trust
later i asked micah
if when eliza moved the hose
it ever turned out better
he said yes
right on
Way to give them the power to work it out! I love taking the pressure off me and putting it back on the kids to figure out a solution.
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