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Topic: Selfishness (02/14/05)
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By Kelly Klepfer
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My older, wiser friends counseled me to bear up and enjoy, because some day I’d miss the activity, the first time I faced this circumstance. It was more tolerable then, even though it was difficult. The hands that grasped at me, the voices that cried out my name were truly needy and I was their very source of comfort and nurture.
Enough is enough! The grasping hands that were once pudgy and soft are bejeweled with painted nails. The voices that cried out for help, relief, attention, have gone through the awkward changes, and the vocabulary has increased.
At this point in my life, is it too much to ask for a trip to the rest room that includes an element of rest? Is there a button to push that disconnects the sensor my teenagers have that tells them where I am at all times so they can have a fight requiring a referee when it is the least convenient time for me?
“Mom!” is no longer said without increased volume and an element of panic. An insistent pounding on the door, “I need to get something.” Noise resembling that of a tornado, complete with shrieking victims seeps under the door which, seconds later, is flung open to display the drama in case I missed the audio version.
Ahhh, but at 5:30 a.m. when not a teenager is stirring I can still look at their sleeping faces and see the innocent little grabbers that they were. A hot cup of tea, a little nostalgia, a silent, glorious, solitary visit to the powder room, peace and good cheer flood over me, balm for my bruised nerves from yesterday.
My son’s alarm, Big Bertha, screams. He lumbers out of bed. Knock, knock, “Mom? I have to go to school early today, can you hurry up?” Oh well, isn’t life like that?
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