Monday July 7, 2014
g-NAts
Specific Change
When I got home that
night I found three quarters, a dime, and a penny on my nightstand. I called my son into my room. "What's this?" I asked pointing to
the coins.
"Your change. Didn't you say you wanted change?"
"Yes change. Change from a twenty. A five dollar bill, a couple of ones. Real change."
"You should have
been more specific," he said.
"When you said 'change' I thought you meant coins."
My daughter poked her
head in the room. "Everyone knows
change means coins. You should have said
you wanted paper change."
"Is there a reason
you're agreeing with your brother?" I asked, more than a little
suspicious.
"No, but I need
money for the movies," she said.
"I need change.
Real change. Paper change," I said.
g-NAts (c) 2013 by Ken Montrose
Smart Bears, Angry Rats
Independence
"Whatcha writing?"
My daughter asked. We were sitting on
the couch.
"Independence list,"
I said. "It's a gratitude list I
write once a year after the 4th of July."
"Why the two
columns?"
"The left is toxic
people, places, and things I've left behind.
Alcohol. Mean girlfriends. My old self. Bad influence friends. Thirty
pounds of beer belly. I'm grateful to be independent of all of them."
"What's on the
right side?"
"The right side is
things I've completed, accomplished, outgrown, or gotten through. They were mostly positive, but I'm done with
them. I've gained independence because
of them. Childhood. High school. College. Grad School. First year of recovery."
"So the goal is to
get completely independent?"
"No, one goal is
to get rid of anything that interferes with enjoying my connectedness. The other is to be the kind of person I'd
want to be connected to."
Smart Bears, Angry Rats © 2014 by Ken
Montrose
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