"Are you done yet, Mom? You said we would watch a movie together."
Her son was sitting, waiting patiently on the couch.
"One minute. I just need to edit this. Make sure it makes sense. Includes all the important details," she responds, not looking his way.
"It really has surprised me how much time it takes to write one piece," she adds, to herself.
She finishes. Half an hour later.
"Movie?" she questions.
"Yeah. But hold on. I am working on something." His eyes are focused on the laptop's screen.
"Okay. Let me know when you are ready." She walks back to the desktop computer. Opens her post. Re-reads it for any errors. Makes sure it's coherent.
She finds a flaw. Or two.
A misspelled word.
A sentence that needs a pronoun.
"Mom? I'm ready," her son says.
"One minute. I just need to edit this."
Her son was sitting, waiting patiently on the couch.
"One minute. I just need to edit this. Make sure it makes sense. Includes all the important details," she responds, not looking his way.
"It really has surprised me how much time it takes to write one piece," she adds, to herself.
She finishes. Half an hour later.
"Movie?" she questions.
"Yeah. But hold on. I am working on something." His eyes are focused on the laptop's screen.
"Okay. Let me know when you are ready." She walks back to the desktop computer. Opens her post. Re-reads it for any errors. Makes sure it's coherent.
She finds a flaw. Or two.
A misspelled word.
A sentence that needs a pronoun.
"Mom? I'm ready," her son says.
"One minute. I just need to edit this."
