Dandy, on toy phone: He did?
Why was he cutting down a tree?
Did he know how boring it is to sit in a wheelchair?
Is he happy with this choice?
Hmmm.
I'm going to have to tell Mom. She'll cry. Hang on a minute.
(small pause)
Okay, she's crying now.
Tell him not to be sad. I'll come play chess with him.
Okay. Bye.
So he pretty much distilled the whole thing into a few sentences: boredom, regret, sorrow, hope, acceptance. I love that kid.
First I didn't know that that had happened. I am so sorry. Second his conversation and working through all those points was AWESOME!
Wow...
That is beautiful
I'm not sure what else to say. Wow, sums it up for me
Say what? I must have had a broken link. It went to the first news about your dad's accident- was this right?
yes, that is right. Dad's accident was one of the big life events that my kids have processed recently.
I am the wife of a man I call My Gift from a Generous God. I am mama to two lovely children, Dandy and Chickadee that became ours in September 2006 in a court-room in Siberia. I am the daughter of two people whom I love and admire. One of them, my dad, is a new (Dec 06) paraplegic.
In my previous life (B.C. - before children), I was a college English teacher, specializing in composition and ESL composition.
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