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​The Sunlight of the Spirit

11/30/2018

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Next week son starts his new job.
 
He will be working for City Harvest with their Institutional Partnerships Team.
It is a non-profit in NYC.
 
I am very proud of him.
 
When son was a younger son, he volunteered at City Harvest for community service requirements in high school. Maybe college too. I can’t remember. I do remember he really enjoyed working there.
 
I am happy. I am happy because I really wanted to raise my kids in an urban environment so that they reap get all the benefits such an experience might offer. And I feel son is reaping some of those benefits right now.
 
He is leaving a job that Wuzzy got for him in Educational Publishing. It was a very nice start but it was all the way up in Pelham. Which is pretty far from Brooklyn, or even Queens.
 
Now he will have a simple commute and get to work in Manhattan with all the convenience that brings. And all the luncheon choices.
 
When I see son over Thanksgiving, we talk about his new job and I am reminded of my 20’s, working in Manhattan, dashing about here and there, squeezing in the gym at lunch, lurching off to a doctor’s appointment before work. And, of course, many, many after work Happy Hours. Which sometimes got a little bit messy.
 
I don’t do that anymore.
But you already know that.
 
Son also got a promotion at SEEN, a company he does freelance writing for. He used to review shows. Now he is copy editing as well.
 
And next year, he will be MARRIED!
 
: O
 
I feel son is hitting his stride.
Walking in the sunlight of the spirit.
Son, I am so very happy for you.
Yes, I am.

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    About Darlene

    Darlene is a doula-teacher-mother-designer-writer transplanted to Philadelphia from Brooklyn. In addition to being a Birth Arts International Certified Doula and RYT 200 Certified Yoga Teacher, she holds an MS in Education and is the mother of two mostly grown-up children. Darlene lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter, and misses her own son every day who still lives in Brooklyn.  Her writings on mothering and growing up female emerged as a sanity-saving device and productive alternative to crying on the kitchen floor. She can be found at darlene.vanasco@gmail.com or you can read the antidotal stories of insanity, reality and progress on her blog violet915.wordpress.com

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