The five year gap between my 12 and 7 year old is ever widening. If it was a crack before, it has suddenly become a gully.
While my biggest boy has crossed over to the subject of girls, talking with them on the phone, and having friends text message female friends since he doesn't have his own phone, my middle mister is trying to hold his own in the conversation by talking about pizza and Guitar Hero. In his attempts to join in the talk between my biggest boy and his two friends he tosses elementary pieces of sentences into the dialog hoping that someone will grab hold of what he is saying and allow his words to become involved. "Did you know that Sam got Guitar Hero on her DS?" No one engages his question. "Brandon, remember when we had pizza last night?" No response.
The big boys stuck in a tar pit of wondering what the girls are up to and have no concept of any other car conversaions taking place. They are sinking into a pool of sixth grade girls with sweet words, and grand intentions of spending the school year in deep "like" with someone of the opposite sex.
The gully was inevitable - bound to happen eventually.
Thankfully all is not lost. On the baseball field the conversations merge between boy and pre-teen and the gully returns to a cracks width. They both love baseball and still share that common bond.
While my youngest only has one girl in his life, me, my biggest mister now has two. Me, and the young girl who calls the house asking, "Is Zack there?"
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