Peace Like A River


It was a wide river, mistakable for a lake or even an ocean unless you'd been wading and knew its current. Somehow I'd crossed it... Now I saw the stream regrouped below, flowing on through what might've been vineyards, pastures, orhards... It flowed between and alongside the rivers of people; from here it was no more than a silver wire winding toward the city. - Leif Enger, Peace Like A River

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Last night Rhonda took John to Walmart where they got a lot of stuff. At the same time, I took Hanna over the bacon and egg play place at Northtown Mall. (The place was lousy with kids.) John has been acting up a little lately at times with Hanna. He'll kind of seem to get angry with her and push at her or something.

So, we thought maybe we need to make more of an effort to give him, and Hanna, some more individualized attention. Sometimes Rhonda will try to hold John, but Hanna will often will stand there and cry and want to be held to, and that's not fair to John, that he has to put up with that everytime he wants to be held. Or, when Rhonda goes to pick them up at Sue's house, Hanna will usually get to Rhonda first, and so maybe John is trying to express some frustration with that kind of thing. Who knows. So, we'll try to do things that more often.

Hanna did have fun though. The difference between the boys and girls was noticeable. Hanna was more laid back. I heard someone else there call a little girl "Makenna". Not sure how they would've spelled it though.

I have orchestra practice tonight, we play this coming Sunday.

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