The sun will come out tomorrow

Greetings y'all :

Please forgive my homage to the musical "Annie". First of all my step daddy loved that song. Secondly we once again heard about and auditioned for another show at the last moment ,obviously "Annie", and once again got in. We enjoy acting and it helps teach my son that all parts are important pieces to the puzzle and it's important to let others have the lead at times. Learning to be supportive is a difficult but key life skill to master. FYI - this makes my son two for two with auditions.

Yes folks the sun did in fact come out today. Yesterday was a hard day for my wee bonnie lad. He decided to show off and act up in class. He was not happy with his consequences but each choice has a consequence. Twas painful to watch him accept but I also know he now has this feeling to draw on in the future and hopefully make better choices. The hardest part is watching him try to blend into a group that is negative. My son is leader and a follower. His lesson will be to lead kindly and ethically and not follow those who are not kind. Everyone has some redeeming value, find that value in folks. We ought to be friendly but need not be friends with everyone. Many adults can't meet negative with positive, glad those I entrust with his care can though, so it's a hard lesson to learn for a nine year old.

Which brings us back to acting. I'm hoping he can learn from these experiences. He is in a small self contained special education class with all boys. He has limited opportunities to learn other social skills from his same age peers in the classroom setting. I am frustrated that he was placed there as his inclusion is limited. I predicted he would worsen because he mimics and learns what is modeled by his peers and setting. I was correct, he didn't get the chance to learn how most students act and has dug a a deeper hole. That has been our struggle. But it is the reality we must live with. The school is trying to help him succeed but that one decision set us far back . Guess that's the joy/danger of being a global thinker who sees the tiniest of strands that connect us/things. Again it is the reality we must live with. I believe in my son and his school.

The joy of acting is pretending and transporting ourselves. "Annie" is largely a female cast. I like the idea of him spending time with the gentler gender. I noticed in our last production he was better behaved around most of the females. They have a calming effect on him.

Remember life is impermanent , no matter what there's tomorrow. Well unless we pass out of this life then we get a whole new life! Hmm wonder what I'll be? I better start working on improving myself or .... That's another blog for another day.

Thanks again for reading about our lives.