I dreamt about Diggity last night.
The last time we spoke wasn’t good.
There was a misunderstanding that escalated out of control.
I got scared. Concerned and then scared.
She was off the rails.
When I finally got her to stop, breathe, and listen. She
heard me.
She told me to not call her because she wasn’t well.
She told me she would explain later.
Months later I got an apology letter. She asked for
forgiveness and told me that she would understand if I didn’t want to be her
friend anymore.
I sent a return letter forgiving her because she seemed to
need it. I wasn’t offended by what had happened. I was more concerned at her
agitated state and incoherent screaming.
I told her I still wanted to be her friend however she
needed me and that I’d always be there to support her.
It’s been 6 years.
3 years ago her mother died so I sent a card with my number.
Asking her to call or write so I know she’s ok.
I worry about her and think about her at odd times.
I wonder what she’s doing. I hope she hasn’t tripped down
that path she’s been to before. And before that, and then before that time.
The one that is so dark and dangerous.
ps - one-legged tripod
3 comments:
You are a good friend, I hope you know that.
Isn't she just a cutie though?
Today she was a mermaid and I made her a tail out of a blue towel and we watched the little mermaid songs on youtube. Then she proceeded to use a bedsheet to wrap me like a birthday present and jump on me when I couldn't see her coming.
I hope you had a great thank god we got rid of them day. I read an interesting thing the other day about how that war was won. Apparently us Brits we trying t fight but you Yanks just kept running away until in the end we said "Oh for fuck's sake, we are going home cos we can't be arsed anymore". Strange tactic but there you go. I never knew that before.
Anyway, I hope you had a great day. We don't really have a day like that. We have St George's day in England, Ireland has St Patrick's, Wales has St David's and Scotland has St Andrew's. But we don't have anything that is a day for the whole UK. Therefore they just pass quietly apart from St Patrick's which is any excuse for the Irish to get pissed LOL. Although we all pretend to be Irish for the day and everyone gets pissed hahaha!
Hi Miss T, I know I’m a good friend. Too good for some. Not so good with others. What can I say, I’m inconsistent at best.
That little girl is just amazingly cute. I miss that age. Their little brains creating fantastical stories. Their make-believe is nearly real. It’s wonderful. I saw that you can purchase mermaid tail blankets – or if you were crafty enough, you could make one! I’m about able to hot glue things together but just barely. She sounds like quite a trickster too! Wrapping you up like a present and then jumping on you! Silly girl. She got you good!
I really did have a good “Thank God we got rid of them” Day. That war tactic would be how I’d fight. You can always run away to fight another day. It’s not cowardice, it’s planning. Nothing like wearing your adversary down until they really don’t give a shit anymore!
What about Guy Fawkes Day? Is that a good one? We celebrate any holiday we can. Not me personally, but America. If we can commercialize it, even better. If we can drink to it, we’ll make it national.
You are a fantastic friend Jenn.
I've seen those mermaid tails, they look great. She's crazy into all things pink which she came to all by herself cos we never dressed her in pink or gave her pink things. Her friend had a boy a few months before her so most of her stuff was boys, maybe she's rebelling against that LOL.
She loves Foofa and Yo gabba Gabba, mum and dad have got her a stuffd one for her birthday, she also loves the Oddbods, the pink one of course and they've bough her one of those. She's loving My Little Pony and her favourite is Pinkie Pie. She's always pretending to be Foofa, Pinkie Pie, Newt (oddbod) or Peppa pig. She always tells you who you are too. She's wanting a Pinkie Pie mashem, today she opened one but it was rarity. I'll get her one for her birthday, thank goodness for people who open them and sell them on ebay so you know exactly which one it is.
Guy Fawkes day, yes. We celebrate the foiling of mass murder of our government by explosion by way of burning things. The old tradition was that you would burn a Guy effigy on the bonfire and in the days running up to the day itself, children could beg with the effigy saying "penny for the Guy". That doesn't really happen these days, it's just the bonfires and fireworks. I bet the UK looks great from space on November 5th.
Feel free to celebrate our holidays.
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