[As ever, a holiday week series of wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves—this time focused on some of the communities and folks I love most. Leading up to a special post on a holiday wish for us all!]
One of the
somewhat less fun parts of parenting—not a very competitive list at all—is recognizing
that your kids will gradually and inevitably move out into the world, a world
that can threaten and hurt them in so many ways. Much of that danger is
emotional or psychological, but some of it is quite literal, a fact I have
found myself contemplating with some regularity as I’ve waited to pick the boys
up in the high school parking lot. I don’t have any worries about how my thoughtful
and sensitive older son will drive when he gets his learner’s permit in a week
(and then his full license in six months)—but I can’t say the same for the many
teenage drivers with whom he’ll be frequently surrounded. So AmericanStudies
Elves, the first and most important of today’s wishes is that he stays safe on
all the roads he ever travels down; the second, less important but certainly
present, wish is that his Dad finds peace with all that he can’t control in his
sons’ world and lives.
Special holiday
wish this weekend,
Ben
PS. What wishes
would you beam out to the Elves?
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