"2"-OF OUR "3"-KIDS..
FACED SOME "REAL"-LIFE
"HURT"..
& "FEAR"
YESTERDAY..
JD..
WHO WASN'T "SUPPOSED"
TO START GETTING "HIS"-TEETH KICKED-IN..
UNTIL "TOMORROW"..
(WHEN HE STARTS HIS FIRST "REAL"-JOB SINCE GRADUATING COLLEGE IN DECEMBER)..
HAD HIS CAR BROKEN INTO..
& MEGAN..
WHO JUST FINISHED BLOWING EVERY-PENNY SHE HAD..
"STUDYING" IN ENGLAND
THIS-PAST SEMESTER..
HAD HER WISDOM TEETH PULLED..
& I FELT "BAD" FOR "BOTH" OF THEM..
BECAUSE WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE "HURT" & "AFRAID"..
"YOU" WANT TO TAKE THAT "ALL" AWAY..
BUT "REALLY"..
"THESE"
ARE THE "CHALLENGES"..
& "SET-BACKS"..
THAT YOU FACE
"EVERY"-DAY..
"THEY'RE"
GOING TO HAVE TO FACE-THEM "TOO"..
JD HAD PRETTY-MUCH "ALL" OF HIS "WORLDLY POSSESSIONS" IN THE BACK OF HIS "SUBURBAN"..
PARKED OVERNIGHT..
IN TUCSON..
SOMEONE SMASHED-OUT A WINDOW..
& TOOK A "BUNCH" OF CLOTHES..
(WHICH I THINK IS "ODD")..
BUT "LEFT" HIS EXPENSIVE "RAY-BAN" SUNGLASSES..
& HIS RADAR DETECTOR..
& A "BUNCH" OF OTHER STUFF HE GOT FOR CHRISTMAS "FOR" HIS "NEW"-PLACE IN PHOENIX--POTS & PANS..DISHES & GLASSES--ALL "BOXED"-UP..
(THEY TOOK "MOSTLY" HIS "WORK" CLOTHES..
SO "I'D"
BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR "THIEVES"
DRESSED AS A TOBACCO SALESMAN..
KHAKI'S--POLO'S--WAIST-SIZE 30)..
SO..HE WAS "ANGRY"..
& "FRUSTRATED"..
& "THEN" MEGAN..
WHO IS AFRAID OF ABSOLUTELY "NOTHING"..
(GOES TO COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY..
STUDIES IN EURPOE..
"USED" TO BE A "CATCHER")..
& WAS ABSOLUTELY "TERRIFIED"
TO HAVE HER WISDOM TEETH PULLED..
MY WIFE WASN'T "SURE"
SHE WOULD EVEN GO "THROUGH"
WITH-IT..
BUT..YOU KNOW..
"BOTH" INSTANCES..
ARE "REAL"-LIFE..
"GROWN"-UP..
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE "NOW"..
& IT'S "HOW" YOU "DEAL"
WITH "ANGER" & "FRUSTRATION"..
& YOUR "FEAR"
OF THE "UNKNOWN"..
THAT'S THE "BIGGEST"-PART
OF "GROWING UP"..
KNOWING "THAT"..
I "STILL" "HURT"
FOR "BOTH" OF THEM YESTERDAY..
& WANTED TO "TRY"
& MAKE IT ALL "BETTER")..
