In the Beginning
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Being new is hard.
It’s more evident and acceptable in babies than adults. Comfort is given to the newborns and the just-turned-a-year-olds and the toddlers who cry when they first experience pain or shy away from someone they’ve not yet encountered, but that level of concern doesn’t always transition into adulthood. By then, we are expected to know things, even without being told. Assumed knowledge…
But even with that assumed knowledge, even when we’ve had others before us tell us that college will be the best years of our lives or we’ll come to appreciate naps when we grow up or a broken heart won’t actually kill us or one day we’ll look back and…
Does it really mean we should know how to act or react when we experience another new something? Does someone else’s tale of woe or success determine our emotions or ability?
Nope.
Being new is hard, even on the bus. Continue reading “#1: 100 Oaks”
Kitty Eveling 