Soccer and My Subconscious

Need to take a little break from my world cup obsession (Yanks in round of 16-yes!) to do some sharing…So I had this dream the other night in which I let Hank (almost 5) take my mother’s white Scion (aka Ghetto Cruiser) out for a spin. I’m sure this reflects some anxiety about my firstborn growing up (kindy in the fall—whoa…) and there’s certainly a glimmer of my own fraught (do people still say that?) relationship with my mother. My kids, of course, adore her. She’s the permissive, up-for-anything grandma who gives them a bunch of sugar and lets them ride their bigwheels all over town with no helmets… Anyway, I miss spending time on this space but must tune into Ghana-Germany match to see whom we’ll be taking on this Sat. ESPN3 is my porn site now…