Some of my favorite mood swings can be found in the early morning or right before bedtime. Maggie is an addict of TV, flipping the switch off is like stripping a tree of its limbs. She is a social animal. At the park an older girl tells her she no longer wants to play. She curls into a ball with tears of rejection streaming down her face. Maggie is a synchronize swimmer. After shadowing a group of teenage girls at pool they magically let her into her circle. She is a rainbow of smiles. She is a clown. Dancing and sketching her face to the amusement of her brother. She is a task master, frustrated by the late hour her family wakes. She is censor. Demanding that her Dad not sing songs early in the morning. She is a dancer. Performing ballets between the pews while the chore sings. Maggie is all moods, tears and laughter, smiles and indignation, screams and whispers of I love you.
