Happy Birthday, John!

We celebrated John's birthday yesterday because it looked like the only day all of us had free between now and his real birthday.

On an unrelated note, I thought of this daycare dilemma: An owner has two employees that he's trying to decide who to leave in charge when he has to be away from the center. Two critical moments form the basis of his decision. One, 4-year-old Brian tries to pour his own milk and it spills. Ron, a male employee, makes fun of him for being so clumsy because he hates cleaning up messes, but helps him clean it up anyway. Jill, criticizes Ron for being so insensitive. Later, Brian is fighting with his 2-year-old sister and starts choking her. Jill ignores it as none of her business, but Ron rushes over to break them up and let Brian's sister breathe again. Who is the better person to leave in charge?

I wanted to make a metaphor to represent that the opposite of love is apathy, not hate. Ron can be insensitive on the surface, but he loves the children and takes care of them when he needs to. Jill is quick to point out other people's faults, but doesn't really do anything to take care of the children herself. Based on my thinking, I would like to think everyone would pick Ron to be in charge, but my gut tells me a lot of people relate more to Jill than Ron.