3 Ginger Snaps

These thoughts are muddled

Here charlotte learning something from an adult who is not a parent or one of he teachers. (in this case a cousin and her husband). I think that, maybe, because in this experience charlotte was learning how to throw a frisbee from someone other than a parent, she was both freed up and restricted in the best possible way. Freed up to try something new and difficult without having to ask for permission or attempt it under the watchful eye of a parent and freed up from Some familiar habits – such as having a little cry after getting bonked in the face with something. And restricted because, without mom or dad around, those familiar habits or default reactions just weren't available to her when she got hit. She could have had a few tears and Nicole and james would have been quick to console her. Bu, Nicole and James are both cousins, just like she is a cousin. And so in some way, they are peers and you don't always want to cry in front of your peers. Even when you do get smacked in the chin with some cold hard plastic.

It was awesome to see the three of them work through the incident together. almost as though they all shared something and charlotte felt she was one of them because they had both been hit with frisbees too. They related their stories. She connected with something that they said. And then She just kept going. It was awesome.