The Editor

The kids are usually asleep when I write on the blog, but last week Peter happened to be awake when I was posting the story he wrote. Eager to see how it looked, he came and sat by me while I worked. He read over my shoulder, then commented, "You need a comma there."

A mixture of parental pride and annoyance at being edited swelled within me. I asked him to explain what he meant.

"See right here?" He pointed. "You need to pause." Then he read the line once without a pause and once with. "See? That's why you need a comma."

Yup, he's mine.