Connor is his own person. Always has been and I hope he always
will be. I would love to be inside his mind when he speaks. To see what his eyes
see in this world. The innocence and pure unadulterated enthusiasm that he exuberates
almost daily. I can be having the worst day and he can turn my day around in an
instant (of course there are the days when it’s can go the other direction but let’s
stay positive. It’s Sunday morning and I’m only one cup of coffee into this
thing). One such instance was a couple of months ago but as I was reading over my
notes trying to decide what to write about, this quote stuck out to me.
Mandy has always wanted a sunroof for any of the cars she
has driven but we have never been able to swing getting that option for her. So
when we shopping for a new vehicle for her in October, that was one of the prerequisites
for the vehicle. AWD, check; A/C, check; backup cam, not necessary but check;
power sunroof, check and sold.
Editor’s side note: what is the difference between a moon-roof
and a sunroof? At the dealer I made the comment of her wanting a sunroof and
the smarmy little salesmen said it had a moon-roof. “Really I replied, what’s
the difference?” His blank stare and sudden silence made my day. I looked up
online and even there are different explanations. From this day forward, they
are all sunroofs unless someone can successfully explain the difference.
So back to the story. It was a crisp fall evening (remember
school, busy life, just catching up on blogging) as we were coming home from
shopping, dinner, scouts, it doesn’t matter we were just coming home. We get
off the freeway and turn onto the frontage road and Connor asks, “Can we roll the
windows down and open the sunroof?” Sure why not. We drive for a minute or two
in silence when from the backseat comes a content sigh and Connor proclaiming, “I
don’t like the day air. I like the night air. Ahhhhhh fresh night air.”
Like I said, no matter what kind of day we are having, his
little comments like that can stand your attitude on your head. I don’t
remember the day I was having but I remember we had been riding in silence, not
talking, everyone just tired and wanting to get home. When he had that “sigh”
and started enjoying the night air, there was still silence in the car but
instead of “on edge” silence, we all sat in silence and enjoyed the night air
coming through the sunroof.
NOT A MOON ROOF!
