I was just over at the Peet’s
coffee bar in Sun’s Menlo Park building 18 and saw that they
were selling individually wrapped
Rice Krispies Treats. I had an immediate flash of memory from camping
at the
Lair last month:
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At the end of lunch one day, we saw two young Camp Blue staffers skittering through the dining
hall holding a huge thick droopy sheet of yellow stuff and eating it
from either end. Someone in the kitchen had made a whole pan-full of
Rice Krispies Treats just for the two of them. They were giggling and tearing
off great chunks for anyone who wanted to share. Their pleasure in the experience
of having way too much of a sweet usually available in little squares was
a joy to watch.
The delight of watching teenagers taking charge of themselves, creating their
own style, and enjoying life
is one of great pleasures of parenting. As the Mom of two teens, one of them
only a week into teenagerness, I am having fun.
Monday was Jessi’s first day as a Junior in High School.
Harker has a matriculation
ceremony, speeches, and pictures the first day so everyone dresses up.
On Tuesday, we dropped Jessi off curbside at Harker where two friends were already waiting.
They had, of course, coordinated locations by cellphone on the drive to school.
Sinead’s curly hair was topped by lime green feathered
deelybobbers. Jessi, whose hair and Sinead’s hair have recently both been dyed a
kind of plum brown, was wearing her bright orange
Converse sneakers with cat socks. The three girls were bouncy with happiness:
delighted to see each other and to be starting a new year.
Jessi is taking an all-honors and Advanced Placement load (Pre-Calculus, Biology,
Latin III, English, US History, Graphic Arts, Cantilena harmony choir, weight lifting
and wrestling) plus preparing for her karate black belt exam. She will also need
to decide where to apply for college. Still, Jessi is having a great time and is very
much in love with learning.
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