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The Bracelet
Nov. 20th, 2005 10:26 pmThe first thing I do, when my son picks me up at work, is look in the back seat to see if my grandson is there. If he's not, I ask where he is and how his dad's day has been.
This afternoon, he wasn't in the car and my son said he was at his mother's. Bummer. I feel so bad for the little kid. One of the things the court will be deciding, in a couple of weeks, is where he'll be living. And though he doesn't talk much yet, his feelings seem quite clear.
The last time he came back from his mother's, he came upstairs and said, to my wife, "Hi, Gamma, I home!" Sadly, I'm not sure the words of a very small child will carry much weight in family court, if they're heard at all.
In the Vietnam era, a small organization on the West Coast distributed bracelets inscribed with the names of servicemen who were missing in action. For a small donation, the person requesting it received an inscribed bracelet and wore it until the service member named on it was found.
Only then was it taken off the wearer's wrist and sent to the returnee or next-of-kin. In that way, it was hoped that those who were momentarily out of sight would not be forgotten.
Among the little boy's things, here at the house, is a plastic bracelet with DC comic figures on it. It's made so it can adjust to different sizes of wrists and, if I put the button in the very last hole, it just fits mine.
Each time he leaves, I sort through his toys and wear it until he's safely home...
LPK
LiveJournal
11.20.2005
This afternoon, he wasn't in the car and my son said he was at his mother's. Bummer. I feel so bad for the little kid. One of the things the court will be deciding, in a couple of weeks, is where he'll be living. And though he doesn't talk much yet, his feelings seem quite clear.
The last time he came back from his mother's, he came upstairs and said, to my wife, "Hi, Gamma, I home!" Sadly, I'm not sure the words of a very small child will carry much weight in family court, if they're heard at all.
In the Vietnam era, a small organization on the West Coast distributed bracelets inscribed with the names of servicemen who were missing in action. For a small donation, the person requesting it received an inscribed bracelet and wore it until the service member named on it was found.
Only then was it taken off the wearer's wrist and sent to the returnee or next-of-kin. In that way, it was hoped that those who were momentarily out of sight would not be forgotten.
Among the little boy's things, here at the house, is a plastic bracelet with DC comic figures on it. It's made so it can adjust to different sizes of wrists and, if I put the button in the very last hole, it just fits mine.
Each time he leaves, I sort through his toys and wear it until he's safely home...
LPK
LiveJournal
11.20.2005
