There was a Disney store at the Orland airport, where I stopped to buy something for our Odyssey of the Mind coaches, David and Kelly, because I felt so bad not being there all week for them to work with Rachel on their weather-themed package. (David reassured me not to worry. Turned out that the week we were in Florida, D.C. got the biggest storm of the year. School was closed Monday, open Tuesday and Wednesday, and closed Thursday and Friday for parent-teacher conferences, which were cancelled because of the snow; as Rachel's teacher pointed out when I told her we were stranded in Orlando, "You picked an excellent time to go to Orlando." She had been there the week before we left!)
I was about to leave the store when I saw Rachel whispering to Drew a few feet away, and they ordered me not to come near. I had a feeling she wanted to buy something for me, so I hurried in and found a Mickey Mouse-shaped charm with peace signs on it for Rachel's book bag (in recent weeks she has begun collecting things and attaching them to the zipper of her bag) and bought it, intending to surprise her.
On the airplane, she surprised ME with a Mickey Mouse pin with the words, "World's Greatest Mom" on it. She had seen it in the store, rushed out to show it to Drew, and asked him to buy it. No prompting from him; it was a spontaneous gesture on her part.
As Drew noted later, every time I think I'm not a good enough mom, I should remember that Rachel thinks otherwise.
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