I emailed his teachers to let them know he'd be out and asked for any work he could do from home, in case he started to feel better.
His Spanish teacher replied with some instructions. I forwarded them to Cooper. He was confused about the directions and emailed her directly.
She replied that he was supposed to start creating a "Who Am I?" poster, using adjectives to describe family members. She suggested mom, dad, sibling, pet and himself.
Cooper didn't want to reply in an email that his dad is dead.
And then, he explains, when he returned to school, he thought it would be awkward to tell her in person.
So, he chose to include Steve in the poster. (This is totally normal for Cooper and Katie -- they usually include Steve in their family descriptions.)
To describe Steve, Cooper wrote: El es tranquillo y callado.
In other words: He is calm and quiet.
Oh, I laughed and laughed and laughed. Of all the adjectives I can think of to describe living Steve, calm and quiet wouldn't be at the top of my list. Witty, outgoing, outspoken, lively, intense, funny, smart, curious, clever. Not often calm and quiet.
Yet there's no arguing that he's calm and quiet now.
Steve would definitely approve. And he'd be tickled that his son shares his quick wit, sarcasm and dry humor.
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