And what a Summer it has been.

The Famous Five would have us all going on adventures and drinking cold tea from a glass milk bottle. Sorry Enid, that is not my Summer.

Our Summer has been full of conversations and collaboration, connection and consideration, curiosity and calm. As I sit here I am racking my brain to remember whether we fought at all this Summer, and I am reasonably confident that the answer is no. Sure, we had disagreements over things, what humans don’t? but nothing turned into an all singing all dancing plates flying fight.

He met my expectations for attending camp, going clothes shopping, doing household chores and spending time with his other parent without The Brother present. It is not just that he met the expectations, he met them with grace, and with apparent ease.

When I look at his face now, he appears to be at peace with the world. I could easily sit back and say “Job done”, but it is not and I am OK with that. So instead I will say “Job status: Pending”.