tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375182580034649478.post5359653101312078729..comments2023-12-28T08:13:57.808-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Mermaid: Boy~Kat~http://www.blogger.com/profile/13910327288366042238noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375182580034649478.post-67687935400647061862009-09-11T22:05:18.625-05:002009-09-11T22:05:18.625-05:00weeping... weeping Jennifer... for now I am weepin...weeping... weeping Jennifer... for now I am weeping (and copying those words on creamy white paper with a fine point Uniball pen and pushpinning it to his wall)~Kat~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13910327288366042238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375182580034649478.post-43637091272954544352009-09-11T21:40:10.751-05:002009-09-11T21:40:10.751-05:00Words for those of us who, for whatever reason, re...Words for those of us who, for whatever reason, realized from a young age that we were unable (or unwilling) to conform:<br /><br />"Here's where I was told there was something wrong with my eyes, that I see the world strangely, and here's where I said, 'Yes, I walk in beauty."<br /><br />"Here is where I began to look with my own eyes and listen with my ears and sing my own song, shaky as it is." -- Rev. Victoria Safford<br /><br />(If I had these stanzas at age of 9, I would have labeled the first one SCHOOL and the second one CHURCH.)<br /><br />Please know that no matter how hard it ever gets, Sage has people in his life who love him exactly as he is, people who are willing to listen to his song. I, for one, am so glad to know him---my life is better for it, and my heart bigger. <br /><br /><3Schriftstellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540253643081588117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375182580034649478.post-64502606950192888512009-09-11T20:06:29.592-05:002009-09-11T20:06:29.592-05:00WOW! Pretty deep stuff there. You are doing your...WOW! Pretty deep stuff there. You are doing your best. It is a heck of a lot better than most of us would do esp me! Just remind him he is a kid. It is time to have fun, to learn, to fly. Anything is possible. And we are all different. We are all freaks. That is what makes us special. <3Nevada Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206785847039834355noreply@blogger.com