Showing posts with label what is this "peace" you speak of. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what is this "peace" you speak of. Show all posts

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Friday 55-How I Know Vacation Is Over

FRIDAY 55


It is written,
"How good and pleasant it is
for brothers to dwell in unity."

A summer of strife between my daughters,
near daily arguments,
screaming matches,
threats,
icy silences,
eruptions spilling over
into angry phone calls to me at work.

Just for the record, girls,
that verse does NOT
specifically exclude peace between sisters.



Seriously, this is getting old. I haven't really said anything about it but the girls' readjustment to being back under the same roof has been far from smooth and every time I think they've found peace they go another round with each other. They've each taken turns being the instigators. I'm exhausted by the endless conflicts which seem to escalate each time. Being called at work in the middle of one of their epic blow ups was just over the top. I'm fed up.

I'm supposed to be counting good stuff here so I guess the VERY fleeting moments of cease fire are what I'm counting.