I’ve noticed over the years that, when one child is
seriously – really seriously -- full of
beans, the other will often back off from any of their usual “issyews” because,
well, I used to think it was they could tell that MAMA CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE
and if ONE. MORE.THING. HAPPENS…She’s gonna BLOW.
However. I’ve recently come to believe in the existence of a
previously unknown ethereal apparatus that I am going to dub The Hard Times
Alternator (THTA). This nifty device, when in good working order, is what makes one child stand in slack-jawed awe
of another child’s tantrum, rather than joining in or – egads – cooking up
their own simultaneous insidious activity. (Please see Figure I, below.) Then, it’s what makes Ms. or Mr.
Slack-Jawed bust out a classic drive-u-nutz move once their Loco sibling has
subsided. This is known as "The THTA Switcheroo." And then you eat the candy. A
lot of candy.
Figure I – Hypothetical Examples of THTA Activity
THTA is what makes you get several new part time jobs when you
lose the one you had; or get a really great magazine in the mail right when you
get sick. It drops the good thing in on either side of the less-good thing.
So that you can live?
THTA is Not to be
confused with the classic “We only get [or ‘God only gives us’] what we can
handle.” Which – just – no.*
Indeed, ideally, THTA should be a fair manifestation of macro-order justice and balance,
proportionately bringing ease where needed and modulating struggle.
Do you feel slammed? Maybe your Hard Times Alternator is
jammed. Unjam that slam with some
[insert clever, applicable rhyme here].
Love,
Full Spectrum Mama
* This insipid and presumptuous saying is a perennial
favorite COMPLAINT of THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT.
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