Well, first, make no excuses. I LIKE that you cared! (DAR tradition!)I just didn't want everyone to think I was completely neurotic calling the college, etc. so I made it as dramatic as I could, as I'm sure CW, being my emotionally umbilicized firstborn, also did. In my mind, too, he will always be that fat little baby who clung to my knees and looked up at me sure that I could solve all the bad things in his little world. Even though he and I both now know it's not possible, on some level, he still looks for it, and I still want to give it.
I saw some of the Feelies exchanges. I don't know what to say. Personally I have unbookmarked again. I can't stand reading it. It's all just too self-indulgent, too calculated, and far too careless of people.
and I truly believe that Coby is right about the tree (or trees, in this case) alone in the forest--we won't hear it if we aren't there. You could sense the rustle of excitement when they saw people wandering back into their woods. Why give them the pleasure if it gives you none?
Go to your mom and dad's and give them hugs. I know now why Dan's mother still calls to check every time there's a tornado in Texas.
(It's a big state, Mom. We'll let you know when it hits Southlake)
Parenting is obviously NOT going to be over--ever. |
