Lovely, Anna. We missed the Pokemon era, but I remember having to play endless games of Chutes and Ladders, and I'd be trying to let my daughter win so the game would end, and she'd always hit that chute right near the end that brought her back to the beginning.
This is such beautiful writing: "It was as if I was seeing it all from a distance—the bougainvillea was bright and the houses were pretty and the trees were old and wonderful as always, but I had that sense of removal or dissociation that you feel when you’re looking back."
Sending my best to you and your dad. Hope Pokemon didn't drag on too long!
You raise a high parenting bar by attending a Pokemon class! Our boys have been obsessed with the cards for the past 6 months and I still have so little clue what they’re on about.
Lovely, Anna. We missed the Pokemon era, but I remember having to play endless games of Chutes and Ladders, and I'd be trying to let my daughter win so the game would end, and she'd always hit that chute right near the end that brought her back to the beginning.
This is such beautiful writing: "It was as if I was seeing it all from a distance—the bougainvillea was bright and the houses were pretty and the trees were old and wonderful as always, but I had that sense of removal or dissociation that you feel when you’re looking back."
Sending my best to you and your dad. Hope Pokemon didn't drag on too long!
Thanks Rob. My kid wants to go back to learn MTG now instead, thank god. I like MTG but Pokémon...
You raise a high parenting bar by attending a Pokemon class! Our boys have been obsessed with the cards for the past 6 months and I still have so little clue what they’re on about.
Hope your dad is doing ok.
Thanks Andy. One regrets the raising of the bar. He's had the cards for 2 years and I wish so bad that's where it ended. Brutal. Don't do it.
So much of life is looking back. Savour the memories, and play that Pokemon!
Thank you, Anna!
But can I do the savoring without the playing, perhaps?
You do you, and no regrets.🤘
A lovely account, Anna.
Thanks Bob
It is so hard sometimes just to be but that is always the best place to be!
Good point
I discovered your writing from Mary G.’s prompt last week. Really enjoying it!
oh cool, thanks!