Dale was invited to attend The Snowflake Ball of Chesapeake via The Arc of Chesapeake. It was about an hour away from home. An old classmate of Dale’s has been trying to get him to go and it was on a Saturday so why not, right?

As we pulled into the parking lot full of his peers as well as new friends he’d made, I thought it would be best to just give him a friendly reminder:

Me: Remember what we’ve talked about concerning peer pressure?

Dale: Yes Mom, I’m good.

Me: OK, I just want to remind you not to participate in anything you know is not right and not to let anyone pressure you into anything.

And to my surprise, because I’m so use to all the push back and the brush off, he’s a true Sagittarius, he says…

OK Mom, I won’t, I appreciate the reminder and I hear you loud and clear.

Then he leans in and gives me a kiss on my cheek. I thought to myself, and this is how he gets me every time. ❤️

Needless to say, when I picked him back up, he was still on the dance floor having a blast with old friends and new. As they all promised to do this again next year. ” Until next time” he says to his friends, as he is dancing out of the ballroom with his typical dramatic exit.