Yesterday
Yesterday I woke up and scooped a sweaty listless boy out of bed and put him in his chair. No brace today, I thought, just relax. He stayed that way for the rest of the day. Still, listless, pale. Now mind you we were coming off the eighteenth day of winter break and my other boys were going stir crazy in the sub zero weather. My husband, sick himself volunteered to stay with Dermot while I took my other boys out to the roller skating rink to meet up with some friends. We found one of the last parking spots at the rink and walked up to the old familiar steps of the fifty plus year old building. Looked exactly like it did when I went there as a child. We paid our admission and I got the boys some skates. I was nervous for my five year old. He'd only skated on ice and knew that he didn't pick it up quick, our time at the rink would be short. Owen was off in a flash, too cool to stay with mom and Ryan. He quickly found his friends and didn't look back until he wanted a s...