Secret Patterns

My daughter has enjoyed the free breakfast and lunch options available at her school. The first week, she ate breakfast every day, especially the chocolate milk. And this was after having something to eat home. Since then, she’s fallen into a pattern.

What is that pattern?

On the days I take her to school (MWF), she doesn’t eat breakfast at school. On the days my wife takes her to school (TTh), she does.

How long has she been doing this? A couple of weeks at least. It’s not a super elaborate pattern, but it’s a thoughtful one. More than that, she wanted the pattern secret. She hadn’t told anyone about it.

Still, what surprised me was that she had developed this pattern on her own and then executed it without consulting or revealing it to anyone.

It made me wonder what other patterns she has developed. There’s so much more going on inside of her then I can see. It’s amazing and frightening all at once.

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