watershed

I didn't even know what a watershed was until I and everybody in Miss Rouner's 20th Century History class flunked the question about watershed events in World War 2. Who knew what a watershed was? Not me and not anybody else in my class.

But now I know and Saturday was a watershed. Kate took Miss Murray out by herself. It was also the first time that she had been out of the house by herself. Big times in the hood. She was thrilled and felt ever so grown up. I was thrilled and so relieved that nothing untoward happened. I think I started going down the block, across the street to the store, etc. when I was 12 or maybe younger. But certainly in New York the spector of Etan Patz is always there. But I always remind myself that his parents let him go out when he was only 5. It sounds absurd now...anyway moving right along, this was a glorious first step.

And then Kate and Lile took Miss Murray out again and made it all the way around the block!