It is very windy this evening--100mph winds out at the coast, power out in Brownsville, gasp for breath walking across the church parking lot. Paul had parked the Honda in the Pioneer Villa parking lot, since he was going to the prison later, and he forgot to set the parking brake and when he came back the car had blown/rolled back 30 feet.
So, we came home and the children hopped out of the van and dashed for the house. Well, Jenny was almost getting blown away, so Ben the big, acne'd, voice-changing 13-year-old paused in his mad dash and slowly walked sideways up the sidewalk like an Egyptian hieroglyph and shielded his little sister the whole way.
This is the same guy who got his church pants all muddy and who broke the rear-view mirror in the Honda today.
Quote of the Day:
"Mom, I am growing up, ok?"
--Ben
The "windshield walk" is almost enough to make you forget the muddy pants and the broken mirror, isn't it? Pauline
ReplyDeleteYes, Pauline, as I'm sure you know, the Awwww moments compensate for a lot.
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