That's a kind and generous package you published today - I think all of with some capacity for words struggle with how to strike a balance between 'what one should say' and 'what we feel' - because I'm convinced we feel that we fail as parents in ways that are hard to admit, and if we forget our middle-aged kids are happy to remind us where we failed them and won't settle for words - empty ones or full ones - or apologies, or gifts, or doing a better job as a grandparent ... there is no 'enough' to fix an embedded hurting, as we all know about whatever we saw as the 'falling short' of our parents. ANYWAY, I wanted to write and say THANK YOU for your publication, and, to say I found a 'clutch of words' in your piece - I love them and will 'borrow them' for use in a different context than how you used them, but the spoke to me all on their own: Gravity keeps pulling me down. Cheers, Mark P.S. - you are never too old to learn how to do anything - especially riding a bike.
Thank you, Mark. I’m so glad that you found inspiration from my words. It still puzzles me that I ice skate but can’t ride a bike. One of these days, eh?
That's a kind and generous package you published today - I think all of with some capacity for words struggle with how to strike a balance between 'what one should say' and 'what we feel' - because I'm convinced we feel that we fail as parents in ways that are hard to admit, and if we forget our middle-aged kids are happy to remind us where we failed them and won't settle for words - empty ones or full ones - or apologies, or gifts, or doing a better job as a grandparent ... there is no 'enough' to fix an embedded hurting, as we all know about whatever we saw as the 'falling short' of our parents. ANYWAY, I wanted to write and say THANK YOU for your publication, and, to say I found a 'clutch of words' in your piece - I love them and will 'borrow them' for use in a different context than how you used them, but the spoke to me all on their own: Gravity keeps pulling me down. Cheers, Mark P.S. - you are never too old to learn how to do anything - especially riding a bike.
Thank you, Mark. I’m so glad that you found inspiration from my words. It still puzzles me that I ice skate but can’t ride a bike. One of these days, eh?
Lovely stories of your dad, Carolyn.