Interesting.
The only thing really of note that happened today was that I somehow got a hint of approval from my mother.
Yes, indeed. How odd. A small show of support.
She gave me a pin. A Disney pin. In and of itself, a touching gesture, but made more so by what the pin WAS, and what she said to me when she gave it to me.
It was this pin:
http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=42975&sid=5523.1174456454
A rainbow Mickey. A rainbow Mickey.
I had thought about getting this pin before, but hadn't, because well, a rainbow Mickey was kinda, I dunno, plain to be paying 7 bucks for. Not when there were Stitch pins to be had!
So, she hands it to me today and tells me that it's for me to look at and remember I'm going to California.
I'm like... what? You... what? You hand me a rainbow item. You tell me it's to remind myself I'm going to California. The level of support here is like... 11 out of 10 for you. What is UP with that?
What I actually said of course, was thank you, and I'll wear it today.
What I did after she left the room was shed a couple of tears. Hell, that was practically a "I believe in you and I know moving will be good for you, you can be yourself out there" for her.
I'm touched and amazed, and I'm hoping that whatever she says in the future, I can remember that she did give me this pin and she was feeling something fuzzy at some point.
(And it's a pretty pin, full of rainbowy goodness.)
Yes, indeed. How odd. A small show of support.
She gave me a pin. A Disney pin. In and of itself, a touching gesture, but made more so by what the pin WAS, and what she said to me when she gave it to me.
It was this pin:
http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=42975&sid=5523.1174456454
A rainbow Mickey. A rainbow Mickey.
I had thought about getting this pin before, but hadn't, because well, a rainbow Mickey was kinda, I dunno, plain to be paying 7 bucks for. Not when there were Stitch pins to be had!
So, she hands it to me today and tells me that it's for me to look at and remember I'm going to California.
I'm like... what? You... what? You hand me a rainbow item. You tell me it's to remind myself I'm going to California. The level of support here is like... 11 out of 10 for you. What is UP with that?
What I actually said of course, was thank you, and I'll wear it today.
What I did after she left the room was shed a couple of tears. Hell, that was practically a "I believe in you and I know moving will be good for you, you can be yourself out there" for her.
I'm touched and amazed, and I'm hoping that whatever she says in the future, I can remember that she did give me this pin and she was feeling something fuzzy at some point.
(And it's a pretty pin, full of rainbowy goodness.)