I'm electric with vertigo, even though I'm on the ground, vertigo like I felt once when I stood on the edge of a high cliff in Arizona and looked straight down.
Every day as I wave to my children when I drop them off at school, or let one of them have a new experience__ike crossing the street without holding my hand__ experience the struggle between love and non-attachment. It is hard to bear__he extreme love of one__ child and the thought that ultimately the child belongs to the world. There is this horrible design flaw__hildren are supposed to grow up and away from you; and one of you will die first.
The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies
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Every day as I wave to my children when I drop them off at school, or let one of them have a new experience__ike crossing the street without holding my hand__ experience the struggle between love and non-attachment. It is hard to bear__he extreme love of one__ child and the thought that ultimately the child belongs to the world. There is this horrible design flaw__hildren are supposed to grow up and away from you; and one of you will die first.
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