Driving Home from the Library

Driving home from the library yesterday afternoon with the urchins finally not fighting each other in the back seat any more because each of them has their (own) noses planted firmly inside their own book, and me with a giant stack of tomes sitting beside me on the passenger seat of the car:

and at one point a stoplight slightly surprises me and I don't SLAM on the brakes necessarily but I do stop more quickly than normal and the giant stack of books slides off the seat to the floor.

The kids are shocked, but with the proper seatbelt restraint units in place, they are completely unharmed.

And I look at the stack of books on floorboards of the car, and I realize that there are very few things in this world that are as pleasurable as a giant stack of literary delights scattered all around you . . .

and kids who are healthy, safe, and - for the moment - happy!

VG