Living in small quarters with a soon
to be 14 year old son can be challenging;
for both the son and his mother. After a
heated dispute yesterday afternoon I ended
up walking over to Rachel's with Piper
and Alec, well he ended up being
banned from the computer.
When suffering from mental anguish,
write or walk. I seem to gravitate toward walking.
Choosing the later in -15 degree weather
immediately kicks in survival skills;
your walking speed goes into overdrive as
you intensely focus on your boots crunching
through the snow, one quick step at a time.
Simultaneously, you clench and release your
fingers in a winter hello-are -you-still-there
greeting. But slowly, you raise your head and
something amazing happens; no longer is your
brain recycling the previous conversation with
your son. Now, you can see;
the bright, blue sky overhead sparkling with
an eye-squinting sun,
Piper, your dog, racing circles around you,
leaping at invisible pursuits,
and quiet, you can actually see quiet.
Upon returning home and attempting to re-discuss
our previous disagreement I finally said to Alec,
"sometimes you just have to agree to disagree;"
a difficult concept for Alec who truly believes
there is a right and a wrong and that discussions
are battles meant to be won.
"Do not let the sun go down on your anger."
Ephesians 4:26
Oh don't panic just because I'm quoting from the
Bible (I did have to research the source of this quote
if that makes you less nervous!).
To end the evening on a positive note
we agreed to watch 30Rock,
a situation comedy television series by Tina Fey.
If you know me you know that I haven't had a t.v.
since, -----gee, since my five brothers and sisters
gathered around our set to watch
The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday night
(after, of course, we had already knelt down before
the blackened t.v. screen to say
the rosary)---a long time.
Now and then Alec attempts to interest me in
a television series via the internet,all to no avail.
But last night, while watching Rachel Dratch
impersonate Barbara Walters during the first season,
we were laughing so hard we had to click pause.
Later, in our shared bedroom,
with the lights out and me almost asleep
I heard Alec giggling. I thought he was asleep.
"Alec," I whispered. He started laughing louder.
"I'm awake mom," and then we giggled our way to
sleep, reliving some of the 30rock scenes.
When in doubt, laugh with your son, and all
shall be well. Thank you Tina Fey.
to be 14 year old son can be challenging;
for both the son and his mother. After a
heated dispute yesterday afternoon I ended
up walking over to Rachel's with Piper
and Alec, well he ended up being
banned from the computer.
When suffering from mental anguish,
write or walk. I seem to gravitate toward walking.
Choosing the later in -15 degree weather
immediately kicks in survival skills;
your walking speed goes into overdrive as
you intensely focus on your boots crunching
through the snow, one quick step at a time.
Simultaneously, you clench and release your
fingers in a winter hello-are -you-still-there
greeting. But slowly, you raise your head and
something amazing happens; no longer is your
brain recycling the previous conversation with
your son. Now, you can see;
the bright, blue sky overhead sparkling with
an eye-squinting sun,
Piper, your dog, racing circles around you,
leaping at invisible pursuits,
and quiet, you can actually see quiet.
Upon returning home and attempting to re-discuss
our previous disagreement I finally said to Alec,
"sometimes you just have to agree to disagree;"
a difficult concept for Alec who truly believes
there is a right and a wrong and that discussions
are battles meant to be won.
"Do not let the sun go down on your anger."
Ephesians 4:26
Oh don't panic just because I'm quoting from the
Bible (I did have to research the source of this quote
if that makes you less nervous!).
To end the evening on a positive note
we agreed to watch 30Rock,
a situation comedy television series by Tina Fey.
If you know me you know that I haven't had a t.v.
since, -----gee, since my five brothers and sisters
gathered around our set to watch
The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday night
(after, of course, we had already knelt down before
the blackened t.v. screen to say
the rosary)---a long time.
Now and then Alec attempts to interest me in
a television series via the internet,all to no avail.
But last night, while watching Rachel Dratch
impersonate Barbara Walters during the first season,
we were laughing so hard we had to click pause.
Later, in our shared bedroom,
with the lights out and me almost asleep
I heard Alec giggling. I thought he was asleep.
"Alec," I whispered. He started laughing louder.
"I'm awake mom," and then we giggled our way to
sleep, reliving some of the 30rock scenes.
When in doubt, laugh with your son, and all
shall be well. Thank you Tina Fey.
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