Sometimes I feel sad, and it’s hard to write here.
Sometimes (or always?) I just wish everyone in my nuclear family got along.
I wish us all a peaceful night’s rest.
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- Alice Garbarini Hurley
- Montclair, New Jersey
- I'm Alice and I've been writing for most of my life--first, in a little green five-year diary my friend Lorraine gave me for Christmas in 6th grade, then for newspapers, magazines, websites and companies. I've blogged here, often daily, since Feb. 2010, trying hard to write truthfully even when it's scary. My husband and I are now freelance writers, so sometimes still we can afford salmon for dinner and sometimes we can't. Our daughter (blog name Figgy) is an artist and scientist in cyanobacteria algae research. The teen we are raising as legal guardians but have loved as our own (code name Punch/Skippy/Spice/Spike) is in high school. Our days range from sunny to sad, successful, sweet or funny. Reach me at alicehurley@aol.com.
I know, Alice, people share so much, but it’s the good stuff, and it can feel overwhelming and isolating when you have troubles. But every family has troubles, and multipliers like a pandemic, and hyperactivity and unhelpful other caretakers (you know I don’t. Mean your good Dan) make the ordinary trials of adolescence a WHOLE LOT. We hAd different multipliers but have experienced very bad sad days. I have had minor skirmishes with both sons this week, and tho I know they are minor, I also feel. Some panic, because I know how fast things can go wrong. Anyway, feel sad, but. Feel proud, you are doing your best.
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Liz
Oh no, just wrote long reply and it vanished. Thanks for this beautiful note. It means a lot. LOVE Alice
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