Wednesday
Ophelia is opting to stay and make the best of her present school. Well … sort of. Just now, I don’t really want to go into great detail about her and her choices. She hasn’t got many, and I hope (and pray) that she can do right for herself and what is in her own best interests. Being 15 with attitude to spare, I am uncertain about that.
If you sit at an outdoor table in the Village, nutters will come up to you and say strange things. It’s an occupational hazard. The people watching available there is extraordinary, though.
Sensitivity and awareness are growing in me. There will be a meeting today, which I pray will go easy on all involved. Lunch in New Haven. I am a mess; did you know that? Things are being worked through and gone through by three women. It is all for the best. I do wish I were able to go easier on those I love. Soon enough, I expect I will enter a new evolutionary stage and be better able to do that.
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Serendipity
do you see how it can flow
even as we move
from privacy to privacy
awash in reverence
just trust that every word
has a purpose
as it’s said
Aren’t we all a mess… in some way or other inside of us Cathy? I guess it’s called life, and all we can do is try to sort our way as gently as we can through it without hurting too many others and, hopefully learn that little thing called experience as we do. Serendipity, what a lovely word.
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I hope all goes well with your daughter’s choices in school. I remember being 15, and deal with those of that age regularly. I wish you both the best. And the meeting… may it go swimmingly…
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I have the kind of face, I suppose, that induces strangers to tell me the most outrageous and intimate things. Sometimes they even put their arms around me. I cannot tell you the number of times my children have asked me who that person was and I have replied, “Damned if I know.” Is it a gift of a curse? Most of the time I’m amused so I suppose it’s a gift.
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I’m glad that you are open to growth and are willing to let things work out. It’s very healthy. You are not a mess.
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c(_) to help you through the day. and i have more if you need it 🙂
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Good thoughts Ophelia’s way. I love your whitter. “Awash in reverence” is a lovely phrase.
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Hope O’s situation and attitude work out. She’s had good help from her Mom. Many of us know those feelings you’re having. You’re no more mess than most humans. It’s a pretty regular part of the challenge of walking this earth. Remember to be kind to yourself, please, as well as to others. You have grown a bunch and wonderfully. The time just before the full blossoming can feel rough, but it isworth it. You’re doing great 🙂 Big Hugs and Love,
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Teenagers’ brains aren’t fully developed. They’re not playing with a full deck of cards, so to speak. All we can do as parents is continue to place the good options before them, remain steadfast….and pray. Blessings to you and yours. Hugs,
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Your daughter will be fine. Attitude or none, she’ll get through it. And, yes, I think your first noter is quite right. We’re all a mess. It’s part of our unbelievably human condition. But, we get through that, too, in time. I hope your meeting is productive. 🙂
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A mess, yeah, that sums things up lately around here too. I hope Ophelia is making goood choices for herself and sticks with them. 🙂
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Don’t I just know the attitude you speak of and mine is only thirteen, and we are all a mess in our own ways, struggling to find our own inner peace. Many hugs, hope it all works out for O.
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I’m longing for a new (higher) evolutionary stage myself. Won’t it be nice when we get there?!
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