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[janradder]

Arie walks off the bus this afternoon.  His stoic little face betrays no emotion one way or the other as to what kind of day he might have had.  This is normal for him.  His face is almost always stoic, unless he is outraged or laughing, as is my own and as is my grandfather's.  Arie is holding a large pink ball in his arms while a baggie full of skittles hangs from his hands.

"Look what I got," he tells me, showing me the ball.

"I see.  It's a ball.  You must have had a good day."

Arie turns his back to me as he puts down the ball and the skittles and removes his backpack from his shoulders.

"I did not get to a one, a two or a three today," he turns to tell me, standing in the doorway to our house, his mouth just barely turned up at the corners so slightly that if you did not know him you would never even notice it while his eyes glow warm with pride.

"Oh, Arie, that's wonderful!" I tell him and give him a hug.

"Yes, it is," he replies seriously and hugs me back.

Comments

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

::does happy snoopy dance::

[janradder.livejournal.com]

That's kind of how I felt.

[rsheslin.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wonderful. Yes, I'm repeating what you already said, but it's so true. I'm so glad.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[barthanderson.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- needless to say, I was pretty pleased with him.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

Oh oh oh! I want to hug you all.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

It sure is.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[pnew8.livejournal.com]

Yay, Arie!!!

[janradder.livejournal.com]

We're all pretty happy with him here today.

[devils-interval.livejournal.com]

:)

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Today was definitely a good day for Arie and the rest of the family.

[silk-noir.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh.

Good.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, today was pretty good. Hopefully he continues it for tomorrow.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!!

[janradder.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much our reaction here.

[stephanieburgis.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That is wonderful. Congratulations to him and you guys!

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Oh, good for him!

(And what a relief for you and Haddayr!)

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- it's nice to have those really good days right after a horrible one.

[albionidaho.livejournal.com]

I followed Haddayr over here.

That's absolutely fabulous! I'm so glad he had a good day.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading -- and we're also pretty glad.

[benrosenbaum.livejournal.com]

Go Arie go!

[janradder.livejournal.com]

No calls from school today so I'm hoping it means another good day.