I’ve been working on a post (for likebasicallyforever) about respecting kids. Valuing them as human beings, as individuals, as free agents… But today Gabe took RJ to work with him. For no other reason than “I miss her.” And that kind of says more than all the logic and intuition I have been editing to precision over there. In this family our daughter has value that her father sees right now. He doesn’t see her as a potential or a commodity. She doesn’t serve some image of a nuclear family and anyone who has had a 3 year old knows that she will not be impressing anybody today with her social skills (although…
A fundamentalist turned freedom chaser with an obnoxiously stubborn faith.