"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Monday, January 28, 2013

Personal Space

This is what Meg and Ellie always look like when we eat dinner:


For some reason, Meg's chair is always shoved waaaaaayyyyy over into Ellie's personal space.  While they generally eat next to each other, this happens no matter who Meg eats by.  Not only this but she turns sideways in her chair and puts her feet on the other person's chair.  Sometimes at lunch (when Ellie is at school) Meg sits by me, and I experience this firsthand.  The other day as Meg relentlessly tapped her foot on my chair and I did my best to control my urge to turn to her and tell her to "SCOOT OVER!!!!!" I realized I probably shouldn't be so hard on Ellie when she has her own personal space issues at dinner.  That girl puts up with way more than I give her credit for.  Being a big sister is tough.

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