October 15, 2004 - Friday
Harry found a puzzle in the Maine cottage this evening shortly before bedtime. It was a 1000 piece puzzle, far more difficult than anything he has done previously and really far too difficult for him. Yet he spent a surprising amount of time working on it. Admittedly, he was probably trying to delay bedtime, but there was a maturity and patience about it that seems new to me. Harry's always been a thoughtful and intense boy and it's easy to see him becoming this boy that stood quietly looking at and trying to match the many pieces of a lighthouse scene, but . So, I suppose watching him standing there doing the puzzle was a little like looking into the future and, because of that, this little episode is both insignificant and one of the most compelling reasons to be a parent.


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