This is the shift.  The mental attention our kiddos need at this stage has changed to something that’s very brain-consuming, and the break that both masked the shift and provided recovery has been taken away.

The break nature had built into my day as a recovery was suddenly gone.  It didn’t seem fair, I was projecting that emotion onto my awesome kiddo, and she was reflecting right back what I was putting out there.

It also highlighted to me the behavior we see in others, especially those close to us, can oftentimes have it’s origins in our own actions and inclinations towards them.