old tapes
Ed Wendell
Speaking of old tapes that just pop out of our mouths:
I had an "old tape" moment last night and Zac (age 14) promptly brought me back to "now"
I was tired and was headed to bed. He decided he wanted me to write out this list of songs he wants to purchase & down load to his MP3 player. We had already discussed it previously and he knew we had agreed to purchase the songs. He pulls up "favorites" where he has a ton of songs from You Tube marked. I told him I was really tired and was basically in bed (steps from it). I ask if he could please write them. He said he cannot read his own writing. Trying to encourage him I said if he slowed down and took his time he could do it. He again insisted that he could not do it. OLD TAPE MOMENT: I said - so who'll write for you when I'm not around? He instantly came back with "I'll figure that out when the time comes. But that time is not here yet."
I think he's been reading this list ;)
Lisa W.
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I had an "old tape" moment last night and Zac (age 14) promptly brought me back to "now"
I was tired and was headed to bed. He decided he wanted me to write out this list of songs he wants to purchase & down load to his MP3 player. We had already discussed it previously and he knew we had agreed to purchase the songs. He pulls up "favorites" where he has a ton of songs from You Tube marked. I told him I was really tired and was basically in bed (steps from it). I ask if he could please write them. He said he cannot read his own writing. Trying to encourage him I said if he slowed down and took his time he could do it. He again insisted that he could not do it. OLD TAPE MOMENT: I said - so who'll write for you when I'm not around? He instantly came back with "I'll figure that out when the time comes. But that time is not here yet."
I think he's been reading this list ;)
Lisa W.
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k
LOL. I'm pretty sure I'll need Karl to do that for me. ;) Good on Zac.
~Katherine
~Katherine
On 7/21/08, Ed Wendell <ewendell@...> wrote:
>
> Speaking of old tapes that just pop out of our mouths:
>
> I had an "old tape" moment last night and Zac (age 14) promptly brought me
> back to "now"
>
> I was tired and was headed to bed. He decided he wanted me to write out
> this list of songs he wants to purchase & down load to his MP3 player. We
> had already discussed it previously and he knew we had agreed to purchase
> the songs. He pulls up "favorites" where he has a ton of songs from You Tube
> marked. I told him I was really tired and was basically in bed (steps from
> it). I ask if he could please write them. He said he cannot read his own
> writing. Trying to encourage him I said if he slowed down and took his time
> he could do it. He again insisted that he could not do it. OLD TAPE MOMENT:
> I said - so who'll write for you when I'm not around? He instantly came back
> with "I'll figure that out when the time comes. But that time is not here
> yet."
>
> I think he's been reading this list ;)
>
> Lisa W.
>
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>
>
>
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Melissa Dietrick
OLD TAPE MOMENT: I said - so who'll write for you when I'm not
around? He instantly came back with "I'll figure that out when the
time comes. But that time is not here yet."
dh lorenzo has the worse writing...I love to write things nicely and
do so willingly for him. Nowadays he has a slew of volunteers for
writing lists, addresses whatever, but he refuses to have help typing
on the computer! onefingered slow but independently clear writing.
melissa
in italy
mamma of 7
around? He instantly came back with "I'll figure that out when the
time comes. But that time is not here yet."
>What a wonderful response!
> I think he's been reading this list ;)
dh lorenzo has the worse writing...I love to write things nicely and
do so willingly for him. Nowadays he has a slew of volunteers for
writing lists, addresses whatever, but he refuses to have help typing
on the computer! onefingered slow but independently clear writing.
melissa
in italy
mamma of 7