D13 is wise to the whole thing. She asked me later, why did mom and I go clothes shopping yesterday and why did she go tanning today if she wanted to go to the water park? God bless her. I just shrugged. I so don't want to get D13 involved in this, but she's not missing any of it.
She made a "flip book" at school and was showing it to me this morning. You draw a bunch of similar pictures, staple them together as a book, then riffle through them to give the story the appearance of motion. Her book was called "Love" and it showed two people moving together and kissing. Then she said if she riffled it backwards, it showed two people falling out of love. I told her we should just play it forwards. She said "I know that dad." She doesn't know it, but she does keep me going.
Man, that is just classic, Zew. I enjoyed your entire post, but that part right there . . . she's a keeper, that D13.
I told her we should just play it forwards. She said "I know that dad." She doesn't know it, but she does keep me going. 
