Red Ribbon Week

[Mousey Girl]

I went through this with Nickolas when he was in Kingerdarden or 1st grade. It wasn't about drugs/alchohol though. He was being taught something that I didn't believe in and he came home talking about it. I just told him that I understood what he was saying but that was not a view I agreed with. This had to do with a person in history who has a holiday named after him. I just told him that I thought he was a good man, but not the Great Man he was told about. I figure this will be the stance I take on most of the things he comes at me with that I disagree with.

Our best anti-drug discussion came after a trip to Smart & Final. We were approached by a crack/heroin addict in the parking lot. She had a nice story that she needed money to go see her dying mother. It was clear she was jonesing for a fix pretty hard. He wanted to know why I lied and said that I don't carry cash. We had a nice discussion about it all the way home.