Acts of Contrition
“At night, after I put the boys in their room, I hear Tom call Patrick on the telephone. I hear Tom’s gentle voice. “I know, it’s hard. I know you can do it. Are you going to your meetings? Do you want to come stay with us? I know, it’s hard…”
I walk into Sally’s room, my birthday girl, my ten-year-old. “Double digits,” I say to her. It blows my mind to think that she’s ten. My once chunky, silky-smooth bundle of adoration has grown into a long-legged beauty with her head held high. Only years a...way from boyfriends and driving and college. I sit on her bed, lean into her, kiss her face. I mash my cheek against hers, hold her tight, stroke her hair. “What a day,” I say. “Nailing a goal on your ten-year-old birthday.”
“It felt so good, Mom,” she says. “I wish I could make a goal like that every day.”
“I don’t think it would feel so special if you did it every day,” I say. “It’s the scarcity of things that makes them so amazing.”
“You act like we’re scarce,”MoreLess
I walk into Sally’s room, my birthday girl, my ten-year-old. “Double digits,” I say to her. It blows my mind to think that she’s ten. My once chunky, silky-smooth bundle of adoration has grown into a long-legged beauty with her head held high. Only years a...way from boyfriends and driving and college. I sit on her bed, lean into her, kiss her face. I mash my cheek against hers, hold her tight, stroke her hair. “What a day,” I say. “Nailing a goal on your ten-year-old birthday.”
“It felt so good, Mom,” she says. “I wish I could make a goal like that every day.”
“I don’t think it would feel so special if you did it every day,” I say. “It’s the scarcity of things that makes them so amazing.”
“You act like we’re scarce,”MoreLess
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