On Sunday a couple of the kids had an altercation that quickly blew up to unreasonable and out-of-control proportions. An element of danger was added since the incident was in the car on the freeway. Ana was alone with all the kids driving while trying to keep the raging one from beating the sticks out of the other. She had to pull over and it took a considerable amount of time before the combatant returned to car (very unwillingly) and the journey could continue.
It was a pretty one-sided attack and obviously something else is going on which I haven't been able to figure out yet. It was bad enough though with one of the kids wanting to leave again, threatening to go AWOL. I was filled with dread, not looking forward to a week filled with phone calls from panicked social workers.
After some cool-down time both of these kids, unprompted, apologized to one another and everyone had a pleasant evening.
Wait...let me say that again: both of these kids apologized to one another.
That is huge. Momentous. Stunning. Rare.
I could weep with pride.
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