No longer able to tolerate the incessant flow of verbage that fills my ears from the moment i turn off cartoons in the morning until the moment i send michael to put frank to bed at night, today i said, "Frank. Listen here, buddy, you cannot talk all the time. You must practice being quiet some of the time. I love you and love to listen to you, but my brain cannot listen all day long. My brain needs rest."
to this, i got no response. does that mean he was listening to me, or offended? i am not sure, but we had a solid minute of quiet today.
We call it "practicing silence." It doesn't always happen, but it does have an Official Name.
ReplyDeleteoh i smile thinking of the things ben and frank would talk about. we were stuck in traffic going to see a Christmas boat parade last night and after 30 minutes i just stopped responding to ben. and slowly turned the music up louder and louder and louder.
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