"What is your greatest hope for our children?", The Mister asked me one day.
I thought about it for a moment.
"I would like them to be kind."
Kindness is a very, very underrated quality.
"What is yours?", I asked him back.
"I would like them to know that they have the freedom to be individuals. That their own opinion is the most important thing they have, and not to let anyone try to co-opt that from them".
I mused over that for a moment.
"That's going to be hell when they're teenagers" I observed.
"I know", he affirmed, "but it will be worth it".
I thought about it for a moment.
"I would like them to be kind."
Kindness is a very, very underrated quality.
"What is yours?", I asked him back.
"I would like them to know that they have the freedom to be individuals. That their own opinion is the most important thing they have, and not to let anyone try to co-opt that from them".
I mused over that for a moment.
"That's going to be hell when they're teenagers" I observed.
"I know", he affirmed, "but it will be worth it".
*picture by La Rebel and I(!)*
