my notepad
and a pen
then turned my back to finish the song
he was
too young to know
I was
too old to forget
that a notepad is not the best way to keep a toddler quiet during choir rehearsal
(but for a gentle tap)
"Sis, he's writing on the other pages... not sure if you wanted him to do that"
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| by DMS 3/27/18 |
And it wasn't until this morning that I thought about it...
Sometimes in life we hand people our notebooks
we open up
we share
we are vulnerable
and they inadvertently (or willingly)
turn the page
and scribble over something we never intended for them to even see
it is an unspoken rule
but we expect people to
stay on the page that we hand them
because (we think)
this is my book
this is what I am willing to show
this is what I am willing to share
However...
he was too young and
I was just young enough
to learn
that
sometimes it's okay
to hand someone your notepad
and
sometimes it's okay
to even hope they'll turn the page...