Things Parents Don’t Own
Read this slowly. Let the words arrive before you decide what they mean.
Tuesday. I’ve been thinking about Erick because he had another argument at home. There is something very strange about raising a person to have a mind and then becoming angry when the mind produces a life you didn’t pre approve. Parents are allowed to worry. They’re allowed to dislike somebody. They’re allowed to think we’re idiots; frequently we are. But happiness isn’t property. Erick isn’t doing something to his mother by loving Mark. He is simply living a part of his life that belongs to him. I wish she could see the version of him we see when Mark arrives. He gets lighter. Surely that counts as evidence.
Remember me, Eclipse.
Reflections & Dialogue
0 Thoughts
Why?
Because every thought leaves a trace. If something moved you, disturbed you, softened you, or made you think, leave it here, quietly.