Eva's a very compassionate child, life is already painful for her that other people (especially her peers) are not compassionate. The whole 'I'm your friend / I'm not your friend' really leaves her spinning. And makes me want to wrap her up in her fairy wings and a duvet and play with puppets all day.
The Little Angel puppets are gorgeous, very simple wooden puppets with large eyes and serious expressions. Eva's scrapbook is filled with Cinderella / her.
It is good for me to hear about Olivia (one of my favourite names). From a lot of what you say I can recognise her in microcosm in Eva and in macrocosm in me. However you berate yourself though you will never be like my mother. She was tough, Jewishly tough, angry, impatient and unimaginative. She once served me the same bowl of cold soup for 2 days in a row until I ate it. Which I didn't. I just got thinner. Keep writing about Olivia. Perhaps I might remember some things I felt at the time which might help?
I'm always imagining how it would be to shift and stop time. I want to glimpse Eva at Olivia's age but I don't want to lose her as she is now. I love the age of 5. The best yet. But then I keep saying that.
The Little Angel puppets are gorgeous, very simple wooden puppets with large eyes and serious expressions. Eva's scrapbook is filled with Cinderella / her.
It is good for me to hear about Olivia (one of my favourite names). From a lot of what you say I can recognise her in microcosm in Eva and in macrocosm in me. However you berate yourself though you will never be like my mother. She was tough, Jewishly tough, angry, impatient and unimaginative. She once served me the same bowl of cold soup for 2 days in a row until I ate it. Which I didn't. I just got thinner. Keep writing about Olivia. Perhaps I might remember some things I felt at the time which might help?
I'm always imagining how it would be to shift and stop time. I want to glimpse Eva at Olivia's age but I don't want to lose her as she is now. I love the age of 5. The best yet. But then I keep saying that.
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