You are not enough.

in Reflections2 months ago

You acted as though I said that on the night you left. You acted as though I said these words, but I didn't. You have always had at least one older sibling as you are growing up and they always manage to solve problems even when I instructed them to let you solve them yourself. For that reason, you are not quick to jump in and make a decision.

For some time, I have been testing you to see what kind of decisions you will make in this situation or that. I'm sure you remember me asking you if you had checked on me the other night when you came home. I also asked you questions about twice a week on "What would you do if..." type questions.

I was also watching what you would do and when you would make a decision to act when we had that emergency a couple of weeks ago. I remember doing most of the talking and you would ask me if I wanted to go to the hospital. You and I discussed things, and then we both decided that I'm going to the hospital.

My view from there...
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You were enough! You got the job done.

If I had lost consciousness and being unable to go into your room and tell you what happened, I wonder if you would have checked in on me or would have just fallen asleep. It is a valid worry! My worrying about that is not an accusation against you. You have to know that.

I have you caught you checking in on me over the last few months. So I know you do it. Well, did it. You just don't have as not much experience in taking care of people or being responsible for other people as your older siblings have. But you are the one who offered to come here, move in and keep an eye on me. Thank you for that.

I will be talking more about experience and using it as I have demonstrated in the past. I rarely get to say much about experience because of the look of resentment in your eyes when you hear the word.

You are gaining a lot of your own experience and that is great! But you also should use the cheat codes that we've talked about. I will cover those for your benefit and for those reading probably in the next post.

Love Dad.

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"What would you do if..."

Do you think that it has helped build some kind of problem solving skill?

But you also should use the cheat codes that we've talked about.

Looking forward to it.

The questions were more to see if I need to hire a nurse or someone to be here in case I fall asleep and don't wake up. I needed my child to check on me. I was trying to let him know that minutes count when there is an emergency. The youngest to whom I am writing is the only family I have that lives close by.

I have never had any health problem, so to worry about strokes and heart problems is new to me.

I was reading some of your posts and I see your knack for reflecting and I like it.

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