Dekker is countonable.
We are away tomorrow, and there was much to prepare. He wanted to drop in at the church after school, but I said he couldn’t this time because I needed everyone home and helping. He was disappointed, but he understood, and when he came home, he was ready to work.
I was not. I was very busy in the middle of a few things and didn’t have the brain power to delegate at that very moment. But rather than wait, or stare, or disappear to go be busy somewhere more fun, he told me where he was going to start, and then he went and did exactly that! He made some judgement calls confidently, and they were all right! He started getting the van packed, and was eager to do the running back and forth for me. Once he was out of ideas, I opened up the laptop and we looked at the list together. As he read, he muttered quietly “I can do that, yup, that’s easy…” He gathered up diapers, snacks, and jammies for the drive home. He got the other kids to load up all of their outwear, and he grabbed snow stuff for the babies. He did all the things, and reassured me we could fit a sled or two in at the end if we want.
Here is that dear boy of mine, wearing a car seat cover.
Thank you for always being someone I can count on, Dekker. You are SO MUCH like your dad 💜