The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Clearly, Everett is learning more and more about his new world with each passing hour. Some lessons are harder than others, and the fact that Everett has chosen to grapple with the age-old mystery of accepting the wonderfully good experiences along with their inevitable unpleasant partners, can only go to demonstrate his philosophical fortitude. After all, everyone at one time learns to accept the rain as well as the sunshine, their hours of sickness as well as their times of health, their productivity during toil as well as their pleasure during rest. In Everett’s case, he is currently learning to balance the joys of eating, his absolute favorite activity, against the evils of diaper changes, his most abhorred moments of the day.