Category: Relationships
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Reciprocal
I am terrible at letting people do things for me. Buy me dinner and there is a reasonably good chance I’m already mentally calculating when I can buy the next one. Help me with something and I’ll start looking for a way to return the favor before you’ve even finished helping. Give me something for…
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Savor
I eat too fast. I always have. Put a plate of food in front of me and apparently I’m concerned someone is going to take it away. When I was younger, my father, God rest his soul, used to tell me not to wash my food down. He’d watch me take a bite and immediately…
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Fragility
When I was a wee lad, my mother told us not to roughhouse in the front room because we might break the figurines she had purchased for decoration. She had said it before, probably many times, but that didn’t stop my brother and me from throwing pillows around the room with wild abandon. Eventually we…
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Comfort
I went camping again this weekend. No, I have not changed the futon out for an air mattress. Yes, my back hurts. The end… of the weekend anyways. I am now back home and can sleep in a bed that has at least some recognizable layer of padding between me and the structural components underneath…
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Trust
I don’t use the word ‘friend’ casually. I have learned that good friends are hard to come by, and lifelong friends are even harder to find. When I do find them, I try to be the same type of friend that I would expect, someone who can be trusted. Trust is an important thing to…
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Connection
You never know who you can count on until something happens and they all appear out of nowhere, bringing food, hugs, and comfort to help you through that initial shock phase. Family, friends, young and old, arrive with whatever you need to get through the day. It almost feels like having a pit crew always…
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Courage
I used to think courage meant doing something when you were afraid. Maybe it does, but I’ve started to think there is another kind of courage that is harder to recognize. Sometimes courage isn’t running toward something dangerous or standing up when everyone else sits down. Sometimes courage is simply allowing yourself to care about…