WORD WARRIOR FELL OFF THE WAGON

Well, I have almost fallen off, I’m hanging on by a send button and my trusty assistant Allison cleaning up the typos.

See, well, the long and short of it, short for me as I have a train to catch – someone did something really awful, underhanded, destructive and mean to our whole family.

Lucy for the most part, but Glenn and I are certainly affected.

It was someone we thought of as a friend, a good friend, someone at Lucy’s school.

I have been stewing like a pot roast for a week, while I was trying to get to the bottom of it.

If ever I wanted to Word Warrior it’s now.

But I didn’t. I guess I feel like a drunk and a slip up, you can climb back on the wagon the next day.

In this case the damage has been done by the other party, so a few well-pointed words from me can’t make it worse.

My e-mail missal will only make me feel better.

So, yesterday on the train to Boston when I finished writing my blog about Lucy, I was going to fire one off.

But, the battery on my laptop was used up.

I took this as sign from the universe to shut up, read my Tatler and drop it.

But you know me, I had the trusty Blackberry and I have written three thousand word blogs from my BB, what’s one note telling someone how you can’t mess with my kid and hurt her?
My justification for falling off the word warrior wagon was someone did something (through words and rumors) to really hurt Lucy and since I was the one who made up my word warrior rule, I could certainly pencil in an exception clause, when my kids are involved all bets are off.

I wrote the email and sent it to Glenn, and then my train arrived. I read it to Taylor, we went to dinner.

I decided to sleep on it.

I’m still on the fence.

I have not fallen off the wagon; I’m on the fence.

I’m staying on the fence for the next forty-eight hours, I think.

Perhaps I will not send it and climb back on the wagon.

What do you guys think?

I’m posting photos of the dogs as it’s the peaceful thing to do and they are man’s best friend and you can’t word warrior them, only deprive them of treats.

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