Half right. I never spanked Ammo. I definitely walloped CW. We had a wooden spoon we used. "THe Spanking Spoon". CW was unbelievably--wait no--you've heard enough about him to believe it--stubborn. He'd look you in the eye with what Dan and I called his "F*** you" expression. Spanking was totally useless, though. With Ammo, I only had to wave The Spanking Spoon and he'd get these tears in his big blue eyes and say, "No, Mommy, I be good."
I never could have touched him, even if he'd ever been really bad. Even as a toddler, he was sweet. Once he was sick and came running through the kitchen trying to make it to the guest bath in time. He didn't and it went all over the walls. ANd he stood there, so sick,saying, "I sorry, Mommy."
WHen they announced his second birthday at church, and people came up to us in the hall after the service saying, "Happy birthday, Adam,"
he'd smile and yell, "Happy birthday to you, too!" He had white hair that stuck straight up on his head like downy fluff. SOmetimes lately I dream about him at that age, holding him in my arms. I think it's because of college approaching.
OR IS IT BECAUSE--
Last night I came home from choir at 9 and he said, "Mom, I need a copy of A Raisin in the Sun."
"Ok-I'll run to Barnes and Noble tomorrow."
"I think Barnes and Noble is out of it."
Me sighing because they're ALWAYS running out of required materials- "Are they ordering more?"
"Well,do you think there might be one on line?"
"I doubt it. I'll call around and find one somewhere tomorrow."
"Oh.."
I am suspicious. "When do you need to have it read?"
"Well, the test is tomorrow."
So at nine last night I'm trying to find a bookstore open that has a A Raisin in the Sun.
FInally did-- called B&N as a last resort to see if they might at least have an anthology with it and they said, "Oh yeah we got a bunch of those this week in."
Home at ten. At 10:30 Ammo says,"Mom, would you wake me up an hour early tomorrow?"
"Why? Don't you have to time to read it tonight?"
"Yeah, but I forgot I have a paper due, too."
WHERE"S THAT SPANKING SPOON???? |
