It's become increasingly obvious that my communication skills are atrocious. I'm absolutely terrible at keeping in touch with people. Embarrassingly so. I never write letters, I forget to answer emails, and I have a phobia about the phone (There. I said it. It's ridiculous and illogical and yet paralyzing. I've been trying very hard to overcome this crazy fear, but so far, no dice.) I've known for years that keeping in touch with people is essential and should be easy. But when my lack of communication skills manifests itself in my kids' inability to keep a long-distance relationship going, I know it's time to ACT.
So, I'm setting into motion a new tradition: one day each week for correspondence. Phone, paper, or computer... it doesn't matter. As long as each one of us reaches out to the people in our lives -- or those who used to be there until they didn't hear from us for ages.
The boys will be thrilled.
Aengus has his good buddy James over tonight, finally. We've been trying to get these guys together for ages, so I'm glad us moms finally got our schedules to mesh. The boys are currently playing YuGiOh (computation, strategy). They played a little Black Hawk Down and Star Wars Battlefront earlier, and I think the plan is to play them again, well into the night.
But first, Noah and I are watching The Commitments. I love this movie!
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Well into the night? I thought they were in bed at 8:00, after brushing their teeth and saying their prayers. That's the way things always go around HERE.
I like your correspondence day idea -- I struggle with that too. One of my good friends has been sick and is about to go through surgery, and I just realized I haven't called her since last week. And -- with one exception -- I haven't had a REAL talk (including e-mail conversations, which are sometimes the best) with any of my friends in ages.