The boy and the lass have had exclusive rights to each other for basically 4 years now. Even during school, when the boy came home, there was his sister ready to play. The flip side of all that play together is they know each other’s weak spots as well as they know anything. Being one of three siblings myself, I know that this is just the way of the world.
But all that is going to start changing. Yesterday, the boy was invited over to a friend’s house for a portion of the day. A little later, a second chum for the past school year called and another play date is set. Added to our own efforts to get him together with some friends and the summer is shaping up to be more hectic than I had anticipated.
But the boy’s gain is, for the now, the lass’ loss. She hasn’t had the opportunity to develop a cadre of girl friend’s to play with. She was mystified that her brother was going to someone’s house to play, while she had to remain home with me. The notion that he could have something while she could not did not compute. Telling her that her day would come wasn’t satisfying because today wasn’t that day.
So the process of forging independence from one another begins. So one chapter of their lives slowly comes to a close. The initial words of the next begin to be written.
2 replies on “Not Just the Beginning of Summer”
So, Happy Father’s Day, is an every day adventure …. it’s good that you can see the total 360.o of these situations … it’s a challenge, to say the least.
Yep. I can see the situation unfold. But it’s the details that will kill me. Like, how exactly will the lass react? Plus, the boy will now become more prone to influence from his peers. No telling where that road leads.