On the way home from Girl Guides, The Girl tells me:
“Mom, I got sent to principals’ office today.”
I start to imagine the phone call and the trip to the Principal’s office that makes me feel like I’m in trouble and the look they give you for not raising your kid right. Working mom guilt.
“What for? What did you do?”
“Don’t worry, I wasn’t in trouble, I was a witness.”
“To what”
“A boy called my friend a lot of bad names and then ran away. My friend wanted to follow him and beat him up but I held him back and told him to tell the teacher instead.”
“Wow, that’s cool, I’m really proud of you.”
“The boy is really happy now too.”
“Why would he be happy?”
“Because we got to choose his punishment. We decided to just give him a warning because if he got into trouble he wouldn’t be able to play hockey and he just made the team.”
All the fights to do homework, clean her room, brush her teeth. They are nothing compared to the moments like this.
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