http://talesfromjapan.com/2009/06/04/farmer-sachanbutterflies/ Stories of our travails in Tokyo Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://talesfromjapan.com/2009/06/04/farmer-sachanbutterflies/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Cindy Rivenbark Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:29:28 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=793#comment-192 After reading your marvelously detailed story on "raising butterflies" I was quite impressed with the wisdom of my "baby" sister Kathy's comments. She has seriously matured into a Yoda type person. And as for you, my dear nephew, you too have matured and grown in wisdom. And also in the ability to face the ugly reality of all of our lives. EVERYONE eventually turns into their parents! And as for parenthood itself - your child will always be a great mystery to you for as you figure out one phase of her development she will be rapidly progressing to the next and you will forever be left behind. But in that mystery you will experience great love and will be amazed when she is grown up that the years have passed so quickly. You will wish that she was little again and that you could do it all over. You will know that there were things you could've / should've done differently. And yet she still turned out to be a beautiful butterfly. Because you did love her - enough to seek out the perfect opportunities to see what was going on in her life. Go Daddy! Cindy After reading your marvelously detailed story on “raising butterflies” I was quite impressed with the wisdom of my “baby” sister Kathy’s comments. She has seriously matured into a Yoda type person.
And as for you, my dear nephew, you too have matured and grown in wisdom. And also in the ability to face the ugly reality of all of our lives. EVERYONE eventually turns into their parents!
And as for parenthood itself – your child will always be a great mystery to you for as you figure out one phase of her development she will be rapidly progressing to the next and you will forever be left behind. But in that mystery you will experience great love and will be amazed when she is grown up that the years have passed so quickly. You will wish that she was little again and that you could do it all over. You will know that there were things you could’ve / should’ve done differently. And yet she still turned out to be a beautiful butterfly. Because you did love her – enough to seek out the perfect opportunities to see what was going on in her life. Go Daddy! Cindy

]]> http://talesfromjapan.com/2009/06/04/farmer-sachanbutterflies/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Kathy Cornwell Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:54:23 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=793#comment-187 You have figured it out. As a parent you resort to whatever means necessary to find out what is going on in your child's life. Blackmail, sneaking, but sometimes timing is the key to receiving answers to questions and that takes great patience. I enjoyed your tale. Kathy You have figured it out. As a parent you resort to whatever means necessary to find out what is going on in your child’s life. Blackmail, sneaking, but sometimes timing is the key to receiving answers to questions and that takes great patience. I enjoyed your tale.
Kathy

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