Ben Atones

Apparently mindful of the fact that today is Yom Kippur -- even though he is spending his day off at the children's museum with Grandma and Grandpa rather than in fasting and reflection -- Ben walked up to me this morning and gave me a big hug and said, "Mommy I am sorry for all the very bad things I've done," and then: "From now on when I do something bad I will always say I'm sorry."

If he keeps that promise until the end of the day I'll be impressed.