Image by Willfried Wende from Pixabay“I mean, we could try to trick him, but then again, we could also choose to live.”“Yeah, I got the same situation over here – it ain't even worth it, man.”Nine-year-old George Ludlow and nine-year-old Milton Trent, best friends, were confronting how to deal with hated bedtime, and also, while being lovingly observed by both Col. H.F. Lee at the Ludlow house and Thomas Stepforth Sr. at the Trent house, were learning about making good decisions in life.

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Image by Couleur from Pixabay“See, this is the thing: people are not garlic.”Thomas Stepforth Sr., walking within earshot of the conversation of his three oldest grandchildren, 21-year-old Melvin and 17-year-old Vanna Trent with 16-year-old Thomas Stepforth III, turned around and walked away, having been defeated before he started because out of context, that had cracked him up. He needed to get that laugh done before he could offer wisdom, especially since eight-year-old Gracie Trent was doing what she usually did and was also eavesdropping close by and had quietly added, “Ain't it the truth.”

This was an extraordinary week ... so extraordinary that the opening movement of Brahms' German Requiem is what came to mind ... "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" is the text in English, and the word in German is selig -- "Selig sind die da Leid tragen." Not gesegnet, blessed by decree, but selig -- made happy, even blissful.

“So, I see that you are giving your little cousins room to come to terms with their parents' decisions, and they are doing better than some adults – but how do you feel about your 'grasping millionaire heir socialites who didn't know not to drink and drive with their baby in the back' parents, Colonel?”

Image by Gabriela Janků from Pixabay“OK. Set the clock. They're either going to be home by this time, or they're going to call us on your phone.”Ten-year-old Andrew and eleven-year-old Eleanor Ludlow were getting ready for the return home of their grandparents and adoptive parents, Capt. R.E. and Thalia Ludlow.