{"id":2846,"date":"2010-09-03T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2010-09-03T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T15:24:14","slug":"om-dogwood-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-dogwood-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: The Dogwood Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beautiful, isn’t it?
\nNot the photo, though not a bad shot, but the branch in all it’s loveliness?
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\n\"\"Well, this is it today.
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\nIt touches the ground because my favorite tree, my favorite branch even, has been broken.
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\nI don’t even think I need to give you 3 guesses as to who broke it. But he’s 5 and on my list. And you know what list that is, too.
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\nMy immediate reaction to this destruction was a complete look of sadness. My two boys’ immediate reactions? My oldest, at almost 8, began to bawl. He knew I was sad and he feels everything so much and so fully that he just had to cry. The 5-year-old destructor? Complete and utter avoidance – it was almost comical.
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\nWhat is my moment? What did I choose to take and learn from this week? It wasn’t the discovery of the branch, though that is burned in my brain for a millennium.
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\nIt happened later in the day, when the fuss was over and Mom and the 5-year-old talked. I was honest and told him that when I saw the broken branch, it broke my heart just a little. And he said he was sorry. No excuses, no “my body made me do it…” (his newest reasoning for every infraction), no avoidance. Just “I’m sorry, Mom.” There is hope for that boy yet.
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\nOM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice & relish a moment in everyday life. The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, a la mode stuff<\/a>.
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\nIf you’d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you’ll be taken to Linda’s post explaining it all.
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