It’s funny

…what you can con­sid­er peace­ful. There are a half-dozen teens in the next room with sam­bear play­ing Vam­pire. This is a cozy evening at home for us.

I chose not to hide out in the bed­room this time, but to stay in the kitchen at the table, which dou­bles as my “desk.” I need to go through a bunch of papers and clear them out. I like hear­ing them play, any­way. I feel more con­nect­ed this way.

It’s amus­ing to hear how much these kids have grown up since they start­ed play­ing D&D in our base­ment about sev­en years ago. Their per­son­al­i­ties were already much as they are now, but there are things that are so very dif­fer­ent in ways that I can’t explain to peo­ple who don’t know each one of them. It’s wonderful.