March 7

Homework can often be a challenge in the evenings. You're already tired, trying to unwind, just leave me alone and let me go tune into CNN (or some mindless drama) already. But the responsible, "parental" thing to do is crack the whip and make those child units finish their homework.

When the homework involves reading or spelling, the kitchen table dynamics are muted and it is usually completed without much fuss. But when the homework is MATH homework, well then, all bets are off. Math homework can sour even the nicest evening.

But tonight, glory be, Luke completed his math homework promptly and without argument. Even more amazing, it involved story problems with multiplication AND division. I'm grateful for this uncharacteristic occurrence and hope it'll happen again soon.