First off, I'd like to start this with a disclaimer. I am writing this because I was talked into it. I don't plan to have children, I don't want to have children. Just so that's perfectly clear! ;)
If you could ensure that your children never have one experience that you did, what would it be?
Divorce. Sure I was in my early twenties when my parents divorced, but I don't think that made it any easier. Divorce is a terrible thing.
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If you could ensure that your children do have one experience you did, what would it be?
I know I go on and on about my cottage. But seriously, it was fantastic being able to spend a month of every summer at the cottage.
I had swimming lessons in a real lake without having to worry about chlorine turning my hair green. I had a boat that I could ride around inside of the bay (after I proved I could row it around I was allowed to have the motor). There was a beach down the way that we'd go to. We'd pack a lunch and walk down there. Our parents could sit on the end of the dock and watch us, but still, we felt as though we were making a long trek to a far away place. For a while, the empty lot between us and our next door neighbours was home to many different clubhouse type places. We all had our own, which we'd hang out in...till we stepped in a bees nest one day and had to burn the last remaining house down.
It's a magical place. Don't believe me? Then you've never been there when the Northen Lights are out in full force.
Posted by Michelle at January 13, 2004 08:54 PM