Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Only one child

How does one cross the chasm from having two children to having, in practical terms, one?

I have two children, but only one living. 

I have two daughters, but only one is with me. 

How will I ever reconcile that?

2 comments:

  1. I don't think you can cross it. I think you have to walk along side it, taking great care not to let yourself fall over the side. Or jump.

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  2. I hope it's clear that I wasn't being flip. This is a terrible truth to absorb. I don't know if you reconcile it. You figure out the shortest shorthand to explain it to others, and each time you do, I hope with all of my heart that it eventually becomes less painful.

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