Cease Fire: Love and Lists

The First Day of a Cease Fire is hard... unless you sleep most of the day.

Abandoned previously made plans. Formulated new plan with the Henry Kissinger of Familial Peace Negotiations, SA. She suggested that we make a list and even offered to write it down for us. I was dumbfounded at my son's enthusiastic acceptance of Her List Suggestion.

People, here's a clue that your child is in love. When your child reacts to an idea their beloved suggests as though it's a brilliant idea that your child has never heard before; EVEN THOUGH, your child grew up in your house, and you know you suggested the same idea at least three times a week for at least 15 years of your child's life: This means your child is in love. Got it?

When your child's beloved enthusiastically promotes the brilliance of their suggestion, unaware of the familial history; take a deep breath and interject quickly when the beloved finally takes a breath of their own, "Yes. It's a wonderful idea that I've often used myself. DO NOT point out right away, NOR bitch about the familial history of the idea. Got it? (Repeat previous sentence to yourself until it is ingrained in your brain.) Let the moment be. Quietly relish the fact that THE LESSON HAS BEEN LEARNED! Quietly, discretely take this in. Overt celebration may undo the lesson, so keep it on the down-low. Act, Damn It! It's for the common good.

So with LIST in hand, we go forward to conquer our "homework" on Tuesday.