A Road Less Travelled

Yesterday I found out I am insane. At least I had an insane idea. I thought, “This is the day of rest. So why don’t I round up three kids and Raquel round up five kids and we meet at the park?” I was about to go lie down and try to get my sanity back when I mentioned this idea to Seth and Crystal. They were far from thinking it was an insane idea. When I called James and talked to him about it he went so far as to say it was a brilliant idea. So they ate lunch and we ate lunch and then Raquel and I took eight children to the park. The sun was bright and warm and the sky was bright and blue. The kids ran and played and had a marvelous time. Raquel and I sat and talked and every now and then took roll call. I locked the keys in the van and James had to drive his convertible in the fabulous weather with the top down to rescue us. And I found out I was not insane. As I was sitting in the sun not being insane I mentioned to Raquel that we were at a playground with eight children in our care and we were both completely okay with this. I remember when we first moved here and I was in a house with two other young women and nine children. That is a one to three ratio and it was almost beyond my ability to cope. We moved a friend of ours a few weeks ago and I ended up with child duty. It was me in a house with ten children and I was completely unfazed. It is nice to see growth and change. It usually happens so slowly you can’t see it until you aren’t who you used to be. But sometimes to really see it you have to go and have insane/brilliant ideas.