Handling loss

June 29, 2010

Lessons in Losing Things

I said to my boy: “And just so you know, assuming you live a long time – and I hope you do – you are going to lose stuff. A lot. It happens. I lose things all the time. I write notes to myself on slips of paper and they disappear. I don’t know where they go. I lose bills and receipts. Bottom line is, you have to know that you are going to lose shit, and you have to know it’s not worth losing your shit when you lose something.”

He giggled.

“What?” I asked.

“You said the ‘s-word’ a lot.”

He’s 10….