The Lure of the Siren

[Arsene]

My gig went well last night and I met a few people I'd known from my toastmasters meeting. They were surprised to see me performing and suggested I do it at toastmasters events. I was also invited at a Christmas celebration at their house in December.

On another topic, D8 talked to me this morning. She basically told me she thought her mom was now an alien. She said it's like she went to space on a spaceship and when she came back she wasn't the same person. She said she liked the other mom better. She told me that her mom didn't look happy. She was always sad or serious lately. I told her that I understood how she felt and that I also missed the old mom. I asked her to be patient and strong and to not give up on her mom.

It's difficult for me to hear this kind of talk from an 8-year-old kid. It just shows how perceptive they are and therefore how much affect this situation might have on them.