I digress.
It was Daughter's twenty-first birthday a couple of day ago. My little princess is all grown up at last (etc., etc.). I know it's just an arbitrary number and all that but it does seem to mark a major transition – in my life as well as hers. Is it a coincidence that I retired in the same year that she made it to adulthood? Well, yes, but it's sort of weird at the same time, don't you think?
And 21 is not such an arbitrary number as all that, actually. Did you know that recent research has shown that the human brain continues to mature right up until about 21? Did you know that the parts of the brain which mature last are those involving empathy and foresight, emotional control and physical coordination? Doesn't that just make so much sense? Well, it would if you had teenage children! Anyway, it's good to know that Daughter is at last fully human, with a properly-developed brain.
One sure sign of her new maturity, one last milestone in her long maturation, occurred just a couple of days before her 21st birthday. She started her own blog.
So, welcome to the world of emotional and physical stability, Seed of My Loins! You are now, as Shakespeare once said;
... a soldier.
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth.
Hmm. Well. What did he know?
Happy birthday, my Angel.
1 comment:
Oh man, too much pressure! Not only do I now have no biological excuse for my behaviour, but on top of that, there are people reading my blog!
Not sure about the "fully human" bit - I've read four books by Maslow in the last week, and he seems to think I have about another forty years before I can hope for that.
But yes, I look forward to life with a fully developed brain. As the Hitchhiker's Guide says, "anything you can't handle now is your own problem."
Love you!
~ Daughter.
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