Have you seen him?

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We are looking for our sweet, kind, funny, smart, gentle, 8 year old boy, Owen. In his place is an argumentive, grouchy, sarcastic, talking back little child. I'm not sure where he's come from or how long he's playing on staying. But, I'm ready for him to bring the old Owen back. By 830 this AM, Owen had already lost TV for tomorrow and has to go to his room when he gets home from school. And, he had only been up from an hour and a half. This was our morning:

I brought down clothes for Owen to wear as I day every morning. And, I know that I shouldn't complain, because a lot of people have children that have had strong opinions about what they will wear or won't wear at a much earlier age. But, Owen has never cared. Until now. And, in perfect Owen fashion, he does everything to the max. He's refusing to wear anything that is not soccer related. If it has another sport on it, forget it. So, I brought down for clothes for him to wear and he refuses. I tell him to go find something else to wear (and now we're running late for school) and then I try to explain to him that just because he LOVES soccer does not mean that he has to HATE other sports. To which he interrupts me by saying, "blah, blah, blah." Could have throttled him. I didn't. Instead, he's going to his room after school today.

So, if you've seen the old Owen. My sweet little boy. Please return him. We miss him.

In the meantime, I'm going to purge everything un-soccer related from his closet.