There's not all that much you can say to a teenager about the journey he is on that will get through right away, but using your own life as an example -- both positive and negative -- will probably trump any lectures.
In that regard, I can't remember enough of my own teen years to be useful, but I have both succeeded and F***ed up my adult life so royally that there is plenty of ammunition for us both to draw upon.
Then again, getting well enough to do the simplest of fatherly tasks -- playing frisbee in the park -- is a new experience for me. Sometimes he tracks down my throws, sometimes they soar beyond his reach.
Either way, I know he's happy I'm "back."
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I loved the ending- "Either way, I know he is happy I'm 'back'"--a short sentence, but one which carried simple joy.
Sometimes for today- all we can be is happy for what we have- and we leave for tomorrow the rest of what needs to be attended to.
http://feeble-fingers.blogspot.com/2009/12/x.html
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