Inspiration

We didn’t want to be late — not for the Curriculum Evaluation to qualify us for Black Belt training. We’re not always on the ball for evening classes, after school and work and whatnot, but Saturday morning was an entirely different beast.

As we wrangled our oversized karate duffel bags into the car, I caught a whiff of something. My sense of smell has changed over the past several months (presumably due to The Change Of Life), so gross things like skunks, farts, cat shit, and BO all smell the same to me now.

“…I think Dad left a fart in the car overnight,” I ventured.

Connor paused, considering. “Yeah,” he agreed. Then, “It’s the Fart of Inspiration!”

So, thanks, Dad, for wishing us good luck with your lingering fart. I’d like to think it helped motivate us through our two-hour test!

Dear Connor: Year 11

Dear Connor,

When you were an infant, I would write one of these Dear Connor blog entries every month, to record your milestones and capture the moments that I knew would go by so fast. After you turned three, I started only writing these entries twice a year, on your birthday and on your half-birthday. Once you turned seven, the updates became yearly; and once the pandemic happened, they kind of stopped entirely.

Which is really too bad, because you certainly haven’t stopped changing.

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