Devastation Averted - Free Smiles For Everyone

Crichton has been working on his struggles and showed some really good progress yesterday - I thought you might like to know.





Me: (meeting him at the corner as he's riding his bike home from school) Hi. How was school?

Crichton: Good.

Me: (shocked to hear a positive response) Good?

C: Yeah, Miss Ono (the Japanese exchange teacher) taught us how to make kites.

M: That's cool.

C: Mine broke, but it's okay, I think I can fix it.

M: (Shocked some more by a positive, solution oriented response to a negative experience) Alright.

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We arrived home, procured tape, fixed kite, and moved on. I know I shouldn't be shocked when he acts like a normal happy kid, and I think I hid my shock from him. But I'm very proud that he is making efforts to choose to be happy, to find solutions and ask for help. All very encouraging for his worry-wart mommy.