underwood

My kid kicking it Old Skool and a parable for your Friday afternoon.

Fate was late today. Terribly late. Bigger than detention late. The kind of late that gets to you sent to summer school. And if I were Fate’s mother, I’d be a little chagrined with her behavior.

But Fate is incorrigible. She doesn’t mind being sent to Summer school because there is a boy there she likes. Really likes. His name is Destiny.

Funny name for a boy, but Fate does not mind. Fate likes different and unique and she’s an optimist. She knows that in the end, it is not the name you were born with that defines who you are. It’s your willingness to bend and flex and be late when it matters. Besides, he has really long lashes. The kind Fate’s mother, Hope, would kill for if Hope was the killing kind. And that makes him beguiling.

Fate was terribly late today. But she had a good excuse. It just wasn’t her turn to be on time. And she’s pretty sure she can explain that to her mother.