I remember their deliveries as if they were yesterday, six minutes apart.
Now they are finishing up their first year at the Calgary School of Art and Design. It’s a shame that I can’t visit them on their birthday, but I can’t get a passport. (Don’t you know, if you’re even a little behind in child support, you’re a flight risk – officially, thus no passport is granted.) Though I don’t have to pay new support any
more, I’m still paying off the accumulated debt from when I wasn’t working. Still have about 3k to go. Thank you HLS... never needed a passport before... and we’re so much safer now!!! And if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge for sale (cheap) in Brooklyn... but I digress...
Soon my twins (the last of my “wee ones”) will be seriously starting adult lives of their own... not asking advice... or permission... any more... but that’s a good thing... right? Yes, I know it is... but I can’t help feeling a little nostalgic for our day trips and walks in the woods, magic games (MTG) and endless hours of weekend movies... Soon, not only will they be starting out in their own places and times, but I too will be starting over again somewhere else... and possible ne’er the twain shall meet... I hope that’s not the case, but it’s certainly possible... coming to the close of another chapter...
Now they are finishing up their first year at the Calgary School of Art and Design. It’s a shame that I can’t visit them on their birthday, but I can’t get a passport. (Don’t you know, if you’re even a little behind in child support, you’re a flight risk – officially, thus no passport is granted.) Though I don’t have to pay new support any
more, I’m still paying off the accumulated debt from when I wasn’t working. Still have about 3k to go. Thank you HLS... never needed a passport before... and we’re so much safer now!!! And if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge for sale (cheap) in Brooklyn... but I digress...Soon my twins (the last of my “wee ones”) will be seriously starting adult lives of their own... not asking advice... or permission... any more... but that’s a good thing... right? Yes, I know it is... but I can’t help feeling a little nostalgic for our day trips and walks in the woods, magic games (MTG) and endless hours of weekend movies... Soon, not only will they be starting out in their own places and times, but I too will be starting over again somewhere else... and possible ne’er the twain shall meet... I hope that’s not the case, but it’s certainly possible... coming to the close of another chapter...
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
--Matsuo Basho
There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
--Matsuo Basho
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