oo-ooh childe, things are gonna get easier

[bossanoville]

So there she was, all of five and a crumpled ice cream cone. What was it, really. Carelessness? Clumsy, sticky fingers? Too much grip, too little hold?

So what do you want me to do with you now
(silence)
Pick it up.
Give it to me.
I'm sorry. 
You mean you can't hold it right. You don't know how to hold a cone?
sorry, daddy.
(silence)
(silence)
.

Then the

Comments

[auntietan]

Another classic case of an expectation not being met. Emotions are stirred even greater when family is involved. Sometimes, I feel we're too hard on people. But if there's no push, things don't get going. Ah, life is never easy.

[bossanoville]

people are too hard on people, but when push comes to shove - i don't understand why we cannot be kind.

[duke_argonath]

it's easy here
the guy's a dick

[bossanoville]

haha, the irony. some kids don't grow up! like me.

[msbrightside]

That was a big 'ouch' inside for me.

[bossanoville]

ywah, me too

[2cor517]

too much grip dear child. perhaps not on cone but a grip on (insert nameS)'s nod of approval and smile of acceptance despite. don't we all yearn some reassurances when we handle things wrong? i do. sometimes sometimes growing up is not a good idea coz it spells experienced, measured, calculative, and too-carefully-planned moves. i like children who spill their ice-creams :) loveyou

[bossanoville]

very clever, you.