I sent my family some books I thought they might find interesting. My mother finished one I sent for her and sent to my sister and asked me why I had.
Back yonder (aka: a few months ago), it felt like a way to contribute back to the family after all my time away.
Thinking about it now...it just occurred to me that I am at the place where I can challenge my parents academically...which may be at the core of sending them the books....or is apart of the contribution. I've thought about asking her to write..
Giving them "assignments"...
My nephew asked my what were some books I thought he should read a few years ago and I sent him a few.
But, I think this idea of challenge is about a few things....like, giving them..my mother something to do...to keep her going.
Or, maybe, help her pick up somewhere she may have left off due to circumstance. I still think she can do a lot. I keep hearing her say it's too late.
That has a lot to do with why I want to go back home so much - I feel like I can be an instigator.
But maybe that's more about finding something for me to do in a place that's easy..?
I find interesting that I want her to write, my dad (as she told me the other night) wants her to write, but she doesn't want to share it with anybody else -- even the thoughts on a book she read that I sent her. She'll share it with me, but not with anybody else.
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Back yonder (aka: a few months ago), it felt like a way to contribute back to the family after all my time away.
Thinking about it now...it just occurred to me that I am at the place where I can challenge my parents academically...which may be at the core of sending them the books....or is apart of the contribution. I've thought about asking her to write..
Giving them "assignments"...
My nephew asked my what were some books I thought he should read a few years ago and I sent him a few.
But, I think this idea of challenge is about a few things....like, giving them..my mother something to do...to keep her going.
Or, maybe, help her pick up somewhere she may have left off due to circumstance. I still think she can do a lot. I keep hearing her say it's too late.
That has a lot to do with why I want to go back home so much - I feel like I can be an instigator.
But maybe that's more about finding something for me to do in a place that's easy..?
I find interesting that I want her to write, my dad (as she told me the other night) wants her to write, but she doesn't want to share it with anybody else -- even the thoughts on a book she read that I sent her. She'll share it with me, but not with anybody else.
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