Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 26, 2009
Transcript:
Holly: Mom...Gramma says I'm the "author of my own fate." Val: True. Your life is what you make it. Holly: But...but...what about LUCK? Events totally out of my control? People who get in my way?? Val: Things you can blame for your failures? Holly: Seriously, I'm going to need a scapegoat.
I was divorced before my son was 2. I continued with my life. My son and I had a lot of adventures.
One time when we were riding our tandem bike with a group of cyclists, another rider was shocked to learn that I was a single mom. He told me of a single mom friend who never did things with her child because she was single.
I cannot imagine anyone else being the author of my life story. We are each dealt a hand, how it is played is totally up to the individual.