Bow Before My Brain...or Not.

Yesterday, the impossible happened.

My daughter asked for help on algebra.

That wasn't the impossible part.

I agreed.

That was ...out of character.

She showed me her equation.

I pounded it out in less than a minute.  "Is this the answer?" I asked. That was amazing.

She checked the work.  "Okay, what about this one? I've been trying and trying and trying.

"Is this the answer?"

When she read aloud the equation, I took the moment to do a victory lap, to wahoo and to pump my fist. I'd done math.  I'd done sophomore math.  Those dusty brain cells still knew how to bang out a quadratic equation.  Bask in my smarty smartiness, I am Mom, I know math...go ahead...hit me again.

She read me a word problem. 
Back to Earth and Reality.