LOVE HURT

Kylee the not so innocent one.

I took the girls over to Mc. Donald's after an early release day at school to meet up with Rachele and her daughters, and to let the girls exhaust some of their unlimited supply of energy. When I opened the doors the entire playground was filled with school uniforms. It looked like the entire Legacy school was there. I guess great moms think alike--Junk food and a place for kids to go nuts= good times.

Kamryn and I were playing a game of golf on the touch screen monitor--the greatest invention for busy little fingers when I see a flash of red zoom by me--it's Kylee running as fast as her little scrawny legs will take her to hide behind me. There was this boy--Henry chasing after her.

Quickly she raced up the playground and there Kiora was to her rescue holding back this Henry boy--poor kid was out numbered four girls holding him back from chasing his sweet Kylee.

At first I thought nothing of it-- boys will be boys, but then the shrieks and screams coming from my girls were more than ear piercing, and I'm not really into public anarchy, so I told my girls that we need to go ASAP.

Things just continued to escalate, here was this sweet boy tackling my daughter to the ground refusing to let her go. Then Kamryn reaches out and with her little protective hands, crying, trying to rescue her big sister.

Where is a big strong man when you need one, and where is this boy's mother.

Very soon everything was in complete chaos--here I was struggling to hold on to a shrieking baby diving to attack Kylee's predator, Kylee on the floor flailing her body around trying to release the grips of love, and Kiora well she was there just kinda standing around watching in amusement.

I reach down to try to pull Kylee up with one hand when I see a loose foot fly directly at this lover boys nose and she clocks him good right between the eyes with her boots on.

Those boots did more than just walking that day.

I was horrified--usually I'm the innocent onlooker of frazzled moms with out of control children but today was my day to join the circus.

Meanwhile there is still a no show on the mother and I needed to get to work soon. I tried to evaluate the damage and get Kylee to say she was sorry--in all honesty it was a case of out of control self defense.

Thank goodness Rachele was there to talk to Henry to see if he was OK after I couldn't get not even the slightest remorse from Kylee, and she is one of the most empathetic and compassionate children I know.

That moment of mortal combat will forever be in my mind, replaying in slow motion, the kick of death from Kylee--direct contact with Henry's little nose.

All I can say is Love Hurts.