Shelli Stevens

So our RWA chapter takes on a charity to support, and the past few years we’ve worked with the domestic abuse women’s network. We collect donations and write a check from part of the proceeds of our book fair at ECWC (conference). So today I drove down to drop off all the stuff with my daughter. Since it’s a bit of a drive, I bribed the kid with lunch out at the Rain Forest Cafe. She’s never been there, and I hadn’t been in years.

Now, it never occurred to me that it may be a scary place for younger kids. I figure it would be fun and enchanting. I totally forgot that the gorillas and elephants like move around, shake cages, and the lights flicker and there’s thunder. I think I scared the snot out of my kid. She had her hands over her ears the whole time (she does that when she’s scared) and barely ate. Other kids her age had similar reactions. From screaming with wide eyes, and trying to run out of the restaurant. But Emma still enjoyed it, somewhat. She talked about it once we left. Hmm. Who knew. Best give that another year or two.

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Happy Friday!!