Some of you have asked, maybe more of you have wondered what
has happened to Gochar. Even I,
after a few blissful months of Gochar-less rantings find myself wondering if
Gochar has finally and TRULY moved on. But he always (ALWAYS) resurfaces like annoying outdated fashion styles or
pesky cold sores; EVENTUALLY he always comes back. I have resigned myself to the fact that Gochar is ALWAYS
going to be there, lurking in the shadows, ready to one-up me when I least
expect it.
Don’t get me wrong - I LOVE the fact that Toby has an
imagination. He is the boy who
spent his first year of kindergarten art class drawing“Attendance Sheets” and
hot air balloons (aka a solitary blob of varying colours on the right hand side
of each piece of ‘art work’).
I tried to explain to his doting kindergarten teacher that he doesn’t
contain an ounce of creativity in his bones, yet still she persevered with the
tenderness of a veteran of her trade, “I always say to Toby, ‘And what can you
see TODAY from your hot air balloon?”
Whether we can attribute his growing creativity to his
beloved and attentive teacher or whether it’s just something he’s now willing
to indulge us in, his imagination is blossoming. And hence, so are Gochar’s antics.
Gochar continues to have many birthdays and usurp Toby’s
sister’s triumphs with those of his own . His age continues to be an ambiguous
and ever shifting mystery. Sometimes
Toby tells me about Gochar’s grandchildren; just yesterday Gochar lost his very
first tooth. Gochar is VERY good
at sports (SEVERAL of his relatives won Gold at the Olympics), he eats
EVERYTHING on his plate (except for those days when his gluten intolerance is in high gear) and now sometimes says bad words that Toby unsuccessfully tries his
very hardest NOT to repeat. We
have actually had to create a new rule in our house: “Even if Gochar said or did something that is considered
rude, repeating it OUT LOUD in the context of a story WILL STILL get you in
trouble.”
It was in arguing the establishment of this rule with Rob
and Toby that I actually thought to myself, “Have I actually GONE crazy?” Someone would tell me if I had, wouldn’t
they??
The interesting thing about Gochar’s place in our family is
that Mia has yet to comment.
Though she now understands everything we talk about and eagerly listens
to and engages in all of her big brother’s antics, she has never ONCE asked the
question we have ALL been secretly wondering for the past 3 years…
WHO the HECK is GOCHAR???
The answer is out there…I’ll let you know when we get any
closer to the truth.
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