Poseur Soccer Mom

[saintingie]

Its a promise kept and an odd one at that. Kitty has suffered from minivan envy for years now. Jumping in friends vans and refusing to leave. Getting people to go OUT OF THEIR WAY to drive her home in comfort and style. Her 13th birthday is just around the corner and we've been reminded so rudely that nothing is promised tomorrow. With some

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[caermon]

I've always been of the opinion that the past is past and the future is what you make of it. My own past holds some terrible pain and suffering and I even caused or enabled some of it, but that was then. This is now.

What I try to do is live my life the best way I can. I try to love the people around me, even if they don't deserve it, and I try to make the place I am better for my presence. I don't always succeed, but I always try.

If the people that I'm around don't respond to my love, I usually end up walking away from them. I know despair because I feel that I failed, but I always keep trying because that's all we can do.

It's not about winning the war. It's about staying in the fight.

[urocyon]

Have I ever shared my theory on getting older?

I didn't know Kitty was 13 already. She's almost as old as my girl! She's also having one of her days where she doesn't want to eat, and there's a distance in her eyes I don't like to see. Meanwhile, this little scamp is curled up in my lap; let's see how long that lasts before he's too big for laps. Life goes on somehow.