How the Universe looks from here for Thursday, January 11, 2007

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Mother and Child

I cannot quite put a finger on it, nor pin down the feelings in my heart now I am home from visiting with you... A deal of history lays there between us as it has lain. gathered over years of awkwardness, uncertainty, resentment, guilt, embarrassment over many moments miscalculated, misinformed, misunderstood between us... Now I am older, you are old and grasp your cup with two frail and twisted hands that once were capable of wringing out a washcloth nearly dry or leaving marks on angry cheeks... Sign in to see full entry.

How do I know this stuff?

That's what my dad asked recently. We have, in the past year, begun to finally relate as adult people with a mutual respect and tolerance that was never part of my growing-up landscape, and the primary reason we have gone until now without much to say to each other. I learned early that it was not safe to share what was in my heart and mind with my parents. But all that is done now. And he has begun to read some of what I have written here, as I edit and shift it to my website. When I visited... Sign in to see full entry.

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