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

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Well, John had a not so fun experience yesterday. He and Hanna had a great time at Sue's house yesterday. One thing they did was Sue put a slip n' slide at the bottom of their slide, so John just loved going down the slide and sliding along the slip n' slide.

When Rhonda came to get them, she went in the house to write a check, and John stayed outside. A short time later they heard him crying, and found him with a very bloody nose.

Apparently a couple of 5-yr old twins next door and wandered over and one of them had punched John in the nose. I don't know if John was kinda pushing at them like he can do sometimes, but there wasn't any indication of that. I guess that's a troubled household, and those kids have some problems. Sue doesn't let her kids alone outside if those boys are around, but Sue is always outside with the kids anyway when John and Hanna are there.

Sue said she was going to talk to those parents, but anyway. Is it illegal for me to go beat up a 5-yr old?

John didn't seem too adversely affected. I mean, he wasn't too wild or acting out in the evening, so hopefully it won't upset him too much.

We turned on the sprinklers for them last night, but they didn't want to run through them too much. The mosquitos were just awful back there. John rode his trike out front a bit. He is able to pedal the little white bike now too. He's growing! He couldn't reach the pedals when we first got that.

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