August 06, 2004

The kids went and slept over Mikeys last night.

I had time alone and it was nice and then Heidi came home and we watched Elephant. It's powerful See it.

We are going to head out when she wakes up and go to her bank and I'm gonna see if I can find Minnesota.
Minnesota, not his real name, moved here from, can you guess? That's right, Minnesota.
He was going to go back and go to college but when I saw him 2 days ago I asked him when he was going and he said that wasn't going back.
I asked him why and he said that his dad was getting re-married and his mom told him not to come back.
The look in his eyes was heartbreak and I felt horrible for the guy.
Don't come back.
How hard it must be to hear that when that is all you were looking forward to doing. Going home to family and they tell you don't come back.
He knows no one here so I have decided to allow him to know us.
Taking in stray kids... and he is just a kid. Just about college age but he seems like a nice enough kid and I'm not really gonna take him in (don't worry mom) but if he'll let me, become his friend and then maybe it won't be so lonely around here for him.
I knew he was cool the first time I heard him speak and he did that Minnesota accent and I did it back and instead of getting mad like most people would do thinking you're making fun of them, he came back with a 'you betcha' full on accent and I nearly died.
He's polite and sweet and no one deserves to feel unwanted.

I can't imagine treating my kids like that even years from now no matter what they may do with their lives. Even if I were to ever re-marry (don't hold your breath) I could never ever tell my boys to not come back to me. If they need me, I will always be here open armed and waiting.
So hopefully he's working today and if not, I'll just have to catch him another day.