Love blooms like a well tended garden. Cruelty creates tension, fear and despair. If we leave our garden unattended it becomes overgrown with weeds. The same with children, when left in the care of disemboweled people they shape-shift into what gives them respite in order to ease the pain. Money and careers can’t buy back lost time. The kids aren’t the problem, it is the choices we make.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2023