It is a matter of hovering that bothers me.
Throughout parents’ lives, we watch our babies become
children, then children becoming teenager (God help us), and teenagers moving
onto different stages of life. Then they
complete a circle, which is repeated for millennia.
I have been and still am a hover-er. Children, etc., grandchildren, and my
husband. He resents my hovering, but
there it is.
As a teacher, one can see hove-ers all over the
classroom. I can understand certain
issues that need a hover-er. But there are
other issues that prevent a student from being able to grow as a student. Oh, well.
That was in the past.
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See this lilac plant, hopefully growing to be a
bush? I have hovered over him for nine
months. Planted in bad soil. Desert heat.
Lack of water. Replanted in good
soil. Cold winter winds.
And now? He just
might make it.
See this geranium?
When we moved here in August, this was dying, with stems drying. Lots of hovering to bring her from the brink
of death.
Now, my adult kids are hovering over us. I hate it.
But I can understand why they are the hover-ers Are we on the eve of destruction?
It’s a circle of life thing.
