Young Adult

Arthur the almost-20-year-old performed a miracle today.

Without being asked or instructed, he cleaned the house.

He put things away, straightened things up, cleaned a bathroom . . . .

He even called to request that I bring home more laundry detergent.

"Arthur, are you planning to have friends over on the weekend while we're down in Galena?" I suspiciously inquired. "No," he replied, "I think we're going to dungeon at Shane's."

Oh. "So what's with the clean-up routine?"

"Well remember how you were cleaning before you had surgery so you wouldn't be tempted to clean while you were stuck at home after surgery? The house looked so nice and now it's all trashed again. So I cleaned it up."

Me thinks me boy is growing up. He's turning into a fine young man.

Makes a mom proud.

I'm thankful for my sons, both of them, this Thanksgiving holiday. How about you?