Mary Hudson got her first splinter today while we at lunch (at Asheville Pizza and Brewing, which is just fantastic).

It was a doozy.

Thankfully, someone with us had tweezers (I left my Swiss Army Knife on my keychain which I didn’t have with me). Maybe it was because it is Father’s Day today, but it was a pretty neat moment that we shared as we got the splinter out. She was proud of herself for not crying and I was proud of her for getting her first splinter.

I’m sure there will be many more splinters in her life (both the real thing and the metaphorical ones). I can only hope she’ll handle those with as much grace as she had today.

Happy Father’s Day to me.