My mother lost a year of time with her grandchildren, with her friends. Her life has gotten profoundly small, and the Mama est 2009 best mothers day shirt besides I will buy this world outside her apartment feels very, very far away. She’s now fully vaccinated but the fear of the virus hasn’t abated; the vaccine cannot cure the fear that has been so impressed upon her. Fear that was necessary to keep her safe but no longer serves. And the damage of a year alone with my stepfather has been heavy—his Parkinson’s is worse, they both feel like they’ve aged dramatically. They became (like all of us) obsessed with their own mortality, and rightfully so. They nap more; they seem more fragile.A year isn’t such a long time for someone who’s lived a year 80 times, but for my 17-year-old, a year is a long time. My teenage son has lost his junior year; he lurks in his bedroom, desperate for space from the parents who have been his main source of companionship. He’s missed debate, friends, the SAT II (they’re gone forever now), school trips, model Congress, and all the other things that make up teenagehood. Part of the teenage years is the necessity of breaking from your parents. How do you rebel when the world is such a dangerous place?
ความคิดเห็น