by MO VEAR
Son: “Mom, did you know that God can write on stones?”
Mom: “Really? How is that possible?”
Son: “With lightening.”
Mom: “Holy Cow! Lightening?”
Son: “Yep. God can do anything, Mom, just like you!”
Well, my life is complete. In the span of one breath and thirty seconds, my son managed to liken me to God – not because I am, but because he thinks I am.
Like a balloon, I felt myself fill; expanding with breaths of pride, pleasure, delight.
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by MO VEAR
Someone once told me when I was living and working in Los Angeles: “You’re nothing unless you’ve been fired at least once in your life.” Needless to say, they had just received a pink slip.
I was a bit cynical; I felt invincible at that age, like I could still change the world.
Since college, I had had a great track record of getting hired and staying hired. Back then, it was actually a good thing to stay in a job for long periods of time. I was the perfect Golden Retriever – the boss would ask for the seemingly impossible and I would go out and make it happen.
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