FlexRex: Fictional Blogger

The principle for Day #16 on the 101-day book report says: "Circumstances don't make a man; they reveal him."

Today marks one week survival with the boy and the pug while the eX is off on her honeymoon.

I'm rolling this around in my head when the kid climbs a tree, slips, and wedges his knee hopelessly between two branches. He is calm at first, calling for help as his own weight pulls him farther into pain. I can't move it up, through, or back and he is starting to scream at every attempt.

I can only think to reverse the process that got him here. I push him up and urge him to straightened out his leg. He comes free and we return to the safety of the grass.

And I'm wondering what the circumstances reveal about me here in my own metaphorical tree. I may never be able to climb down on my own, but it's amazing how clear things look when you can't move the lens.