Confidante ...

... that's me to my son. He has shared a lot of secrets with me. I think it's kinda cool ... knowing his heart's desire ... his dreams ... his memorable moments .... and his christmas wish list!

I like spending some time with my kid - when he's not grouchy, or not all too excited over something. The last few weeks, our small talks had become more and more sensible ... adult-like, serious yet such fun.

This week, our "serious" talk centered on girls. His question: "How can a girl say she likes you and then shes kisses another boy?". Advise, anyone? I can tell he was somewhat confused. Nowadays, he says he don't trust girls anymore. He has told me of girls stealing . kiss from him - this makes him upset ... very upset! He says, "I don't want to get pimples on my face!",

My kid is still a kid, yet somehow, he would strike me as an adult with the way he'd reason and argue in most cases. In just a couple of more years, he's no kid anymore, but a teenager, What can one expect? More argument? More know-it-all attitude? Uggghhh! It sure felt like a waiting game ...

Just the same, a confidante is what I want to be for my kid ... close by ... someone he can talk to ... argue and reason with. It's a role I'd play well and good here and now ... and hopefully well into the future.

Gloomy Sunday ...

... coz it's too cloudy, grey and boring. Rain is threathening the horizon and Alexander's upset. This kind of weather would mean another stay-at-home day for him - he can't go out biking nor can he have friends over for playtime.

Anyway, the day is just starting. First breakfast, the swim class and then whatever would come up to our minds to do after lunch. For me, it's house chores - laundry, clean-up in the bedrooms and stacking up of things away in the storage in preparation for the coming winter. We're bracing for snow! I just hope it would take its own sweet time to come down to the south of Sweden. I'd pick the cloudy, rainy and grey weather anytime over snow.

How's Sunday on your end?