"What do I do now?" she asked through the tearful eyes I never see.
"Let yourself be sad," I answered.
Not sure what is worse - having your own heart break or watching as it happens to your child.
(I guess I could have told her to drown her sorrow in a jar of peanut butter and a bag of milk chocolate chips.)
I like my first answer.
Let yourself be sad.
But...
...eventually, as my grandma says, you have to pull up your socks and get out of the garden. I say that more for me than Chloe.
I've come to the realization that I do not know my family. Well, in fact I've known it for awhile, but today I am truly sad. You are a beautiful human being, talented, and genuinely caring. I wish it didn't take me this long to figure it out and I hope to get to know you better.
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