Robbie, in a fit of boredom, spent most of today reading through my blog. Admittedly I was a little nervous. She’s always known when I write about about her, but still… I’ve covered a lot of ground, and maybe what seemed ok to discuss at the time isn’t so great in hindsight. They (all of them - Robbie, Syd, Jim) are really good about letting me know what not to talk about. In fact, you’d be surprised how many conversations around here begin/end with ‘DO NOT blog about this…’

Or maybe you wouldn’t… heh

Still, I worried that she’d end up feeling violated or used or unloved or portrayed in an unfavorable light… after all, she’s 15. At 15 everything’s pretty much an emotional crapshoot. So I paced. I made chocolate chip cookies. I paced some more. I thought up a million excuses to walk by her laptop and see which entry she was on. I organized my books by title, then author, then by title again… all the while silently cursing her for not being illiterate.

And just when I thought I couldn’t stand it a minute more, she sighed, closed her laptop, came up behind me and gave me big hug.

‘I have the coolest mom evvvvur’
‘Really?’
‘Really.’
‘Thanks, you’re pretty great yourself’

*Silence as we both bask in the glow of the moment, and then*

‘Mom?’
‘Hmm?’
‘You’re going to blog about this, aren’t you…’

On this day..

• Ten things musically... - 2007
• Buffy & West Wing postponed due to Arrested Development - 2006
• Shoot me now. - 2006
• This is sad. - 2006