Somebody a few weeks back mentioned that it was easier to get their kid to talk if they were riding in a car. Like it was easier for the kid to open up if you weren't looking at them. Stands to reason, when you think about it.
Both of us seem to have our best conversations these days laying in bed with the lights off, before we go to sleep. There'll be days when I hang out with her for hours in front of the TV, and can't get more than two words out of her, but as soon as we climb into bed and get ready to go to sleep, she'll talk to me nonstop for almost an hour. Maybe not being able to see my face, or just relaxing and dropping her anxieties as she slowly approaches sleep. If she were here, she'd probably say the same thing about me.
Maybe some of y'all can get a good conversation going that way. Just don't count on them remembering everything that was said toward the end!
a fine and enviable madness, this delusion that all questions have answers, and nothing is beyond the reach of a strong left arm.
