Sometimes it happens that I miss the joyful things to deal with the harder things. That is the price we pay for being able to help our brothers and sisters on the ground. Yesterday, while I was helping Lauren to deal with the manipulations of a protective mother, Theo and Cayce were reunited at last. Inca was there, and she shared every detail with me. While it is not the same as being there myself, I was still glad to…
Sometimes, when a person lives at a distance, their identity seems less vibrant, less powerful. This is even the case with someone dearly loved, sometimes; Brooke and Morgan have been struggling with that very thing lately, needing reminders to contact one another and being uncertain how the other would respond to a certain situation or event. This is not, however, the case with Felicity Harris. Jonathan’s invitation for Lauren to join him when he goes to visit his parents for…
Thank you to all of you who have been concerned for Mary. She is better now, though Inca continues to spend every moment she can with her. I do, too, but I do have my other charges to attend to, while Inca right now only has one other. I spent today with Brooke as she went about her work. I have dropped in on her often these past few days, taking what time I have to give her a boost…
I should know better by now to expect a straight path with any of my charges. All the high praise that I have been given comes also with a heavier responsibility, and an expectation that I will be able to cope with more difficult challenges. Mary had a very bad night last night. She was coping with a great deal of stress: she has an exam tomorrow in her worst subject, and she has less time to study now that…
Finally, finally there has been a positive development with Shannon and Mark. It has been a long evening, and rather more exhausting than most I spend on Earth, but I am pleased with the result. In the past few weeks, Shannon has not heard from Mark more than once or twice. I have done what I can to encourage her that he has contacted her at all, but working with her is much like hauling a heavy weight up a…
Only time for a quick update, but Inca has just told me something that I must pass on or I will burst with the joy of it. Theo and Cayce are going to be reunited. Ever since their separation, Theo has continued the search for her friend. Her parents have been very supportive, well aware that Cayce likely saved Theo’s life while she was living homeless. They did manage to persuade Theo to come back home, where she is now…
What a day! What a day of opportunities and excitement and inspiration, a new beginning that may lead to a happy ending. I am so full of emotion, exhausted by the journey of a single day. It all began with a plan that would not have worked without Sabasa’s assistance. The thought that I had, about having Myrtle watch Blake’s performance, stayed with me, until a new idea had come out of it. I did indeed encourage Myrtle to attend…
It is competition weekend! I am here with Myrtle, and very excited to be here. We arrived at the site of the competition—a university in Albany—early this morning, where she and her fellow dancers were given a studio in which to practice. Everywhere we looked, there were dancers, tall and short, dark and fair, but all with a loose, easy kind of movement that showed an innate confidence in their own strength and control of their bodies. We have had…
Well, Inca had her doubts, but even she has admitted that my plan has begun to show some results. The vitriol sent in Mary’s direction has lessened, giving her a chance to breathe. And my four newest charges, for I have begun to think of them in that way, have started to feel a bit differently about their actions against her. I have had to use different methods to reach each girl, for each one is very different. With Monique,…
There is a reason for everything that happens. There is a plan that guides the universe, and everything, from the smallest bird flying from one branch to another, to the largest star spinning in its slow dance away from the universe’s heart, has a part to play. Everything that is and everything that was and everything that ever will be is moving toward a single destination, and that place is good. I know this, and yet I have fallen into…