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Ahh, the agony and ecstasy of motherhood. Tin loves his presents when they are what he wants, and when they’re not he is an ogre. So we were moving into a downward spiral of him having consequences and losing the trains for a day that he wants and not getting the presents he doesn’t want because of his attitude.

One more opportunity to remind myself that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and that as adults we’ve learned to hide our disappointment.

So we’ve decided that we will make homemade granola together and bring some gifts to friends and he will get to see the joy of giving, and learn by them the joy of receiving.

And I said, we will write the thank you notes together to the people who went out of their way to buy and bring you a present because they love you.

He said, “I’m going to write you a thank you card.”

There you have it. Ecstasy.

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