Choose Your Own Adventure

[karmasoup]

THE LONG ROAD

My husband and I have been losing sleep lately, trying to convince our boy he’s not a vampire.  It’s not just the biting, and the refusing to eat people food, though, certainly those are problems worth addressing.  But how do you make a 3-yr-old understand abstract concepts like, we are diurnal creatures, child - humans are designed

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[karmasoup]

I've always wanted to record tales of my life to preserve a permanent record of the whole story... in person, I tell many of them regularly, so getting them into the written form feels like a satisfying way of having the "official" version formalized. Having a child just made it that much more of a pressing compulsion, and is the reason I haven't written a word of fiction this season.

Recently, I came across a journal my Grandfather kept to record his memories, and my extended family has let me know they have been incredibly enriched by having me share his thoughts with them online. I don't know if these stories will ever have the same impact for my son as that journal did for our gang, but I hope it means something special to him, and that some of what I have put forth has the potential to make a worthwhile difference in his life.

Thanks so much for your kind words. Your in-depth analytical commentary is the second part of the reason I voted for you for the Spirit of Idol Award, so I very much appreciate you being you, in that respect! <3