Competitive Dysfunction

We are a competitive family...Dee and I were cleaning up the kids room in the Corps and we both picked up pingpong paddles at the same time. Without skipping a beat it was "game on". I was working on the computer behind a wall of boxes in our family room last night, but could here the commotion on the other side of the boxes. It seems Dee and Jordan were wrestling over the TV converter and control over channel changing. The dispute would be settled, it seems by a contest. For over an hour I heard the two of them arguing (friendly) whether the orange blocks in the stands during the World Cup Netherland vs. Serbia match were actually empty seats or Dutch fans (they were watching a replay). "Mom, all of the seats were sold out. They're fans"..."Jordan, if they're fans then why are they so still. They're empty seats"...Empty seats...fans...empty seats...fans. A simple pan of the crowd could have solved the mystery, but they don't do that. In the meantime I was surfing the net for pics from the game. Even I was drawn into this match for convertor domination, but I remained silent. Finally Jordan jumped onto the internet and for the next 10 silent minutes surfed for pics of the World Cup Venues. He emerged triumphant (seats were grey), but was too tired to claim his prize and headed off to bed. Deana, of course, knew all the time the orange was fans, as did I. So it seems she was the true victor in the competition with enough grace to allow her son to think he had won the day.

I do not have a spiritual insight or reflection on this. At best I can chime in, "all families have some level of dysfunction". I can't wait to hear the argument over the empty yellow seats during the Brasil match.