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This is about Brad.

Having a pre-teen son is filled with all kinds of challenges. Actually, maybe I should say teenage son. Brad will be 13 in June, what's a few more months, right? Brad is showing an interest in girls...one in particular. He has a huge crush on her but I am not so sure the feeling is mutual. I know this girl likes Brad, "like a friend." How do I tell Brad that his girl possibly has a crush on someone else? My instinct tells me to just leave it alone. She doesn't know he likes her and he doesn't know she has a crush on someone else. Let them be friends, after all they are only 12/13 years old. Who needs a boyfriend/girlfriend at 12/13 years old anyway.

There - the problem is solved...my thoughts will remain my own. Was this a problem, anyway?

The funny thing is Brad has always had girls chasing after him. I mean how can you resist, just look at that face. Even as a baby, little girls just loved him. One year, I worked in the school Brad attended while in 3rd grade, these girls would run up to me asking me for his phone number. Geez louise, when I was in 3rd grade I thought boys had cooties. Now, Brad is in the 7th grade, he is more mature than most boys his age, he is smart and not bad looking so again girls love him. He has more girl's phone numbers saved on his cell phone than guys. But Brad also has a lot of friends that are guys.

Don't worry folks..I monitor Brad texting habits. As a matter of fact, I look through his text messages every night before I go to bed. I also look at the pictures he has saved in his phone album. Brad knows I read his messages. I bought the phone and I pay the bill, therefore I have every right to see how he is using the phone.

Brad is really a good kid, I trust him but I can't give him complete trust after all he is still a child. And I remember things I did at age 13. But we really don't want to go there because this isn't about me, this is about Brad.

Speaking of Brad...and I am...and we are. He is home sick. Yes, my very healthy boy is home sick. He woke up with a 100.7 temperature. I took him to the pediatrician and he was diagnosed with bronchitis. I am sure having Brad play in three baseball games this weekend in cold weather did not do anything to help his cold. So now Brad is home curled up on the couch, with long sweat pants on, a hoodie over a tshirt, socks to keep his feet warm and wrapped up in two blankets. He even has the hood over his head. This kid is sick!

I am so tired of the sickness in this house. While at the pharmacy picking up Brad's meds, I also picked up some multivitamins for the kids that have extra immune boosting power. Let's see if it works.

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