2015
Well, if I was tired before the twins came, yesterday
I was thoroughly pooped by the time we offered each other
Sincere smiles and warm hugs while wishing each other well as
We said good-bye (for now) at my front door
Right before they left, I asked:
Sooo ... if you'd known how long we'd feel the need to brainstorm, today
What would you have thought?
We enjoyed a good laugh when the twins replied, almost in unison:
We probably wouldn't have come, at all!
You see, I'd spent an hour, listening to
What the twins had need to say when
My phone rang, and upon answering it, I heard Dino suggest that
He was outside and happy to wait in his car till we were done
While he hung on, I asked the boys if they felt ready to
Openly express the depth of their distress, which
Each had felt free to un-repress with me, with their dad and
As both agreed, we invited Dino to join us—and
Upon hearing them out, the four of us put our heads, together, and
Once we began to brainstorm in hopes of formulating
A positively focused plan of action that would relieve
The depths of the twins despair, it made sense for
Will and David to leave for Steven's with the understanding that
I'd join my family when my three friends and I felt that
Our discussion had pulled into the station, where
The first step of this plan would lead the boys toward
Clearing dark clouds of hostile futility, which fills our minds with
Repressed rage, out of our heads ...
You see, a mind, overflowing with waves of rage at
Being unheard, can't function clearly, and if, as years pass and
Life does not improve, rage, subconsciously repressed, transforms into
Desperation for change, which causes the spirit to become
So depressed as to utterly collapse, and
Since 'it takes one to know one', and since I've
'Been there done that', I 'knew' exactly what to say and which
Questions to ask, and thus did both boys open up to me for this reason:
Their intuition sensed my being on their wave length as soon as
They walked into the emotional safety of my very first hug ... and
By the time Dino joined in, they e twins's relief was so palpable that
We four encountered no walls while solution-seeking as a team
And rather than hanging their heads in shame or
Taking a firy-eyed stance, burning with defiance, we all took part in
Formulating a plan that father and sons had perceived as
Impossible until we'd cleared futility off the table and
Conversed with heads cleansed of confusion until a plan ... which
Had been right in front of us, all along, began to ripen, and
As father and sons are aware of the fact that this plan of action
Will take time, patience, teamwork and diplomacy to implement
Dino, who absorbed the depth of his sons' distress
Demonstrated his love, understanding and
Newfound respect for his sons so fully as to
Open his mind to a train of thought, which
Offered his sons hope that change for the better would
Truly take place, over the long run, and
As I quietly guided three open minds to
Listen to each other's personal needs thoroughly before
Responding to each other's personal concerns, openly, our
Combined trains of thought merged into
One train of thought that pulled into the station
Two hours later than originally planned ...
As to summarizing our lengthy discussion, which
Culminated in teamwork's creation of
A proactive plan of action, which will be implemented in a
Logical, step by step fashion that will change the status quo in
Such a way as to nurture the twins' hearts with love while
Nourishing their spirits with this hope: Upon feeling heard
Change for the better is actually in the works, and
By the conclusion of our brainstorming discussion, I
Watched two downtrodden spirits, eyes dulled by futility
Ignite with the bright light of hope in a matter of three hours, which
We all agreed had flown by—and if the summary of our discussion
Proves of interest to you, I'll attend to that in tomorrow's post, because
Right now, it's time to ready myself to
Drive my youngest son, David, to the airport, where
He'll fly to the coast where the next leg of his destiny awaits to
Welcome his mind, heart and spirit home—
And thus does the surprising saga of each person's life go forth ...
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