It seems some situations are universal and may never change.
A man, now in midlife, transfers his desires to his son and pushes him in directions he may not want.
I slowly realized this story was bigger than its word count. There were some profound questions raised by it that I found myself wondering; how much have I tried to transfer to my own daughters?
Does the urge to reproduce not end with the birth of a child? Or is the impulse a bit more sinister than that, even if it's unintentional? Are we, as individuals, compelled to create surrogates for ourselves? Do we implant our underachieved goals and desires into our offspring in the hopes that we can see them realized in our lifetime, even if by someone else? Is that even fair?
A wonderful story.
Bus Sparhawk's website is here: http://www.budsparhawk.com/
His personal blog is here: http://budsparhawk.blogspot.ca/
I slowly realized this story was bigger than its word count. There were some profound questions raised by it that I found myself wondering; how much have I tried to transfer to my own daughters?
Does the urge to reproduce not end with the birth of a child? Or is the impulse a bit more sinister than that, even if it's unintentional? Are we, as individuals, compelled to create surrogates for ourselves? Do we implant our underachieved goals and desires into our offspring in the hopes that we can see them realized in our lifetime, even if by someone else? Is that even fair?
A wonderful story.
Bus Sparhawk's website is here: http://www.budsparhawk.com/
His personal blog is here: http://budsparhawk.blogspot.ca/
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