Sep 11, 2008
Growing Independence
The young man who lived with us this summer was different from the young man who had previously lived with us for 18+ years. The first time I noticed it was when he had an extremely frustrating day. Instead of just totally "losing it," he began to list all the positive things that had also happened that day. You'd have to know him to understand what a major step that was . . .
This week was another major illustration of his growing maturity. He was frustrated with a certain professor and shared his feelings with me, but didn't expect me to "fix it." Instead, he was, as my walking buddy and college professor friend described it, "very proactive" and took care of the problem himself, even though he met up with one less-than-helpful person along the way and had to traverse the majority of the campus several times along the way. The bottom line is, he handled it, all by himself, without losing his cool. Whose child IS this? Perhaps that is the point, he is no one's child anymore . . .
This week was another major illustration of his growing maturity. He was frustrated with a certain professor and shared his feelings with me, but didn't expect me to "fix it." Instead, he was, as my walking buddy and college professor friend described it, "very proactive" and took care of the problem himself, even though he met up with one less-than-helpful person along the way and had to traverse the majority of the campus several times along the way. The bottom line is, he handled it, all by himself, without losing his cool. Whose child IS this? Perhaps that is the point, he is no one's child anymore . . .
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