nephew

Sister called me last night.
She said she wants to get divorced.
I think she just needed to blow off some steam...and someone to validate what she was feeling.
Her and her husband have a 13 year old son, 2 dogs, a cat, and a rabbit.
Their son's a smart kid........he owns his own lawn mower and snow blower............he's the
neighborhood kid who cuts grass and cleans snow from neighbors driveways and walk ways........................and then socks his money away. He used to have a camp in his backyard that was stocked like a little corner store.....shelves and all........the other children in the neighborhood came to his "store" if they needed some bubble gum, an eraser, water gun....or whatever. He saved money from his store to buy the lawnmower.......and then some of the money he made cutting grass was used to buy the snow blower.
When he was a little boy he was a little obsessed with the TV show COPS. It was typical to go to his house and see crime scene tape wrapped around his swing set or some other place in the yard.................and one time while at school one of his teachers instructed another student who was running up the hallway to "stop." When the kid didn't follow the teachers command, nephew chased the boy down and restrained him. (okay. so maybe he watched one too many episodes of cops!)
He used to be fascinated by the garbage man. Garbage man would wait for sister to bring nephew out so that nephew could help garbage man empty their garbage in to the truck. He's been for rides in firetrucks and police cruisers because he loves them......
He's smart, curious, ambitious, and polite........plus more.
I hope the conversation I shared with sister helped ............and I hope her and her husband hang in there.....