"A pencil would be no good if it didn't have an eraser on it." --Dad

[t_mccarthy]

Listening to:  Nothing.
Drinking:  I need to drink some water
Wearing:  God, I need a new wardrobe

I got an e-mail from my father and in his last sentence he wrote, "a pencil would be no good if it didn't have an eraser on it."  I'm still trying to understand what he meant, but earlier in the note, he talked about being allowed to have bad thoughts.

Comments

Forgiveness

[anonymous]

Daddy is so cute. So are you. I think he means that we always deserve forgiveness, no matter what we do or say. And I agree. xo

Re: Forgiveness

[t_mccarthy]

I didn't think of it that way!

Consequently, my therapist said, "Hey, even if a pencil without an eraser is no good--it still writes even if it doesn't erase. And that's about as good as it can get." <--You'd have to say it out loud with a Brooklyn accent.