There’s a promise in Isaiah 54:1, that the desolate or barren woman will have more children than she who is married. This was true of my Aunt Bettie, long a single woman yet surrounded by children and young adults, and it is turning out to be true of me. My fourth “~grandchild~” was just …
Rollercoaster Day
…just another one o’those days when the emotions go everywhere…
Surrogates
Those born with the gift of nurturing imagine we will guide our children on magical discoveries. In the meantime, we practice on surrogates – other peoples’ children – nieces and nephews, cherished friends, sunday school classes and scout troops.
Enter the ‘spinster paradigm’ – the single person with the car, career, house, and three cats. Whatever the form, there’s someone to miss you when you’re gone and greet you when you get home.
Trees
A tree for each child, planted from the seed of the parent’s trees. When the child is old enough and selects a mate, the ceremony includes transplanting the two saplings together in a special garden, and the two intertwine and produce plenty of fruit that can be enjoyed by both humans and dragons. For girls, …
Don’t Fall for me
Most occurrances of falling are followed immediately by some measure of embarassment and a strong desire to regain the former position of self control and decorum. I would prefer a man who walks step after step into a committed relationship with his eyes wide open and every confidence that he can work through any situation with his chosen companion, for the rest of their natural lives.