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“I didn’t ask to be born.”
The wisdom of my sassy kid speaks again.
These words are never far from the front of my mind. Once, while in the midst of my messy divorce, my then-14-year-old said these words. I must have made a joke about how expensive kids were…or I had been (at the same time) complaining that their dad went MIA on us, refusing to pay child support for 1.5 years.
I don’t remember complaining too much. For me, it was more like being totally freaked out because my income disappeared with the appearance of Covid. It hasn’t returned. But his didn’t change for the worse. He actually got a raise that would have made life so much more tolerable. But, I got nothing from him until the courts ordered it.
Back to my daughter:
She has always been a quick-witted child. She learns fast and is very bright. Her name is associated with a lot of cute sayings on my Facebook feed. The above words are not some that I posted.
They were meant to be sassy, but not meant to hurt. They didn’t hurt but they made me think. And they keep me thinking, to this day.
These days, her words come to mind less with my own kids and more when I listen to other people talk about theirs. I don’t mean to brag when I say this, but I’ve had the privilege of raising pretty incredible kids. I had a lot…
