Do you ever have those times, when you were pretty sure you were right, but suddenly you're not so sure anymore? Particularly as it relates to your kids? Like you KNOW that your spawn has slight dramatic tendencies, so when they complain of some weird, random pain you smirk and move on? Because it's not the first weird random pain and it certainly won't be the last - usually designed to get maximum attention. Then suddenly, spawn comes to you with some strange comment, you double-check the location of the weird random pain, and Wow. There's really something there. Then you start looking back and second-guessing yourself. But not, of course, enough to change next time...until spawn's teacher pulls you aside and mentions something else going on, when you had noticed it yourself and thought it was just a kid being a kid. So, in the back of your head, you start re-thinking all the times you gave spawn a hard time for something that may have truly been something else all together. You know? Surely I can't be the only one who does/has done this? Or am I, and this makes me the only "Most Terrible Mother of the Year Award" candidate? Hm. Never mind. Don't answer that. I think that I would much rather believe that everyone else does it too, so that I can continue to wander around in my self-induced fog of ignorance and bliss. In fact, let's just pretend that we never had this conversation, shall we? Ignorance and bliss just sounds too relaxing to let it go. And really - relaxing is a rare commodity around here, so I think it would be foolish to not hang on tight with a white-knuckled grip.
Thank you very much, and good night.
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