Archive for October 2011
Tenga familia
We went to the play “Over the River and Through the Woods” with some friends last night. Wow! It was one of those experiences that hit both of us powerfully & unexpectedly.
Perhaps it’s our station in life, you know – aging, with all the fun that comes with that. Fatigue, chronic pain, sore muscles, artificial body parts, the empty nest not being quite as much fun as it first was, the leaves beginning to fall, summer projects not done yet and it’s October 1st, the cool autum air reminding us of another winter soon to come, did I mention shoveling snow? Then there’s the kids.
The play shined a bright light on the differing expectations of generations, particularly the grand parent/grand kid set as it related to what it means to have a family.
As we drove home the four of us wondered out loud whether or not we, the generation between these two generations, with all we have given our kids – education, world travel, high powered career opportunities, have screwed it all up.
Have we destroyed the glue that has held everything together?
As we look around at where are, we think we might have.
Is Anybody Out There? 
It’s come to this?
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Last night on the news there was a story about a family in Massachusetts who went out to experience a pretty Fall afternoon. Seems that the mom, dad, and two small children thought a good way of enjoying the season would be to go to the country participate in a Corn Maze. That’s where it all went south.
Seems the oldest small child got upset after they were some 10 to 20 minutes into the one hour adventure. It got so bad, I mean the screaming and crying, that mom and dad got too confused to find their way back, which, by the way, was almost 25 ft from a road. So the question then becomes what does a family lost in a Corn Maze on a beautiful fall afternoon in the Massachusetts country side do? Yip, they call 911 to be rescued so Junior doesn’t have to deal with the possibility of PTSS rearing it’s ugly head at some point down the line.
What am I missing here?
Written by Mike
October 13, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Posted in General Comments