May 2012 Photos

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Charity Case

This past weekend, Shawn, Mae, Rei and I went to Dunkin' Donuts for coffee and, well, you know, some donuts. A few bites into my first donut, Reilly decided that she didn't like her chocolate milk and asked if I would get her a water.

While I waited in line, two men came in the door. The older man, a white guy with the same color hair, told the younger man, a latino, that he could have whatever he wanted. In broken english, the younger man said that he didn't know what to get, that he had never been in a Dunkin' Donuts before.

The older man suggested that he pick out some donuts and a coffee. The younger man said that he didn't drink coffee and didn't really eat much sugar.

The older man, a bit crestfallen, said that maybe he should have picked McDonalds. The younger man, seeing he had hurt his benefactor, backpedaled and said, yes, a donut is okay. And an orange juice.

Up a link

We have a playset out back that has two blue vinyl swings -- one for each girl. Every afternoon after school I push the girls on the swings until the mosquitoes come out.

Under Reilly's swing is a black strip of dirt where she has worn away the grass over years. When the strip turns into a crater, I move Rei's swing up a link. She's moved through six links now.

Just recently I noted a spot where Maeve's feet nick the ground, a patch of grass crushed flush to the ground; her first mark in the earth. I was hesitant to move her swing up its first link, knowing that once I did, there would be no putting it back.

Dregs, Part II

Friends from work who also do Parent Coffee saw this sign when they went around today.