11-12-2007, 08:56 PM
Good news and bad news… Good news: I have net access back here at home, so no more time away. Bad news: I have the flu. So don’t expect much.
It had always worried Phoenix that the relationship with his adopted children would inevitably become strained, especially when Iskata had come into their lives and their children soon followed. It seemed to have come true with Sun. Though he doubted if feelings of rejection were what had driven her to seek go explore her biological heritage, he knew such feelings had simmered within her despite his efforts to reassure that his blood children changed nothing between him and his adopted children. Moon seemed to be more accepting of it and it pleased Phoenix to see the youngsters bonding with their older brother. “Course he can,” the father answered. Phoenix always got a kick out of the way Kansas seemed to admire the gray wolf.
Phoenix had an infinite amount a patience when it came to youngsters, particularly when they had questions. He himself could clearly remember the time when the world had been a confusing place, since that period had been longer for him than the norm. And so he enjoyed being an educator, filling in the gaps of knowledge for the children and giving them the advantages he himself had gone without. Besides, it made him proud to see his own children have such voracious appetites for knowledge and expanding their worlds. “A valley is an area that’s surrounded by mountains,” he explained. Oh yes, there were times when it felt strange to be the one answering questions than asking them, but it was just one more thing that reminded Phoenix that maybe, possibly, he was all grown up.
It had always worried Phoenix that the relationship with his adopted children would inevitably become strained, especially when Iskata had come into their lives and their children soon followed. It seemed to have come true with Sun. Though he doubted if feelings of rejection were what had driven her to seek go explore her biological heritage, he knew such feelings had simmered within her despite his efforts to reassure that his blood children changed nothing between him and his adopted children. Moon seemed to be more accepting of it and it pleased Phoenix to see the youngsters bonding with their older brother. “Course he can,” the father answered. Phoenix always got a kick out of the way Kansas seemed to admire the gray wolf.
Phoenix had an infinite amount a patience when it came to youngsters, particularly when they had questions. He himself could clearly remember the time when the world had been a confusing place, since that period had been longer for him than the norm. And so he enjoyed being an educator, filling in the gaps of knowledge for the children and giving them the advantages he himself had gone without. Besides, it made him proud to see his own children have such voracious appetites for knowledge and expanding their worlds. “A valley is an area that’s surrounded by mountains,” he explained. Oh yes, there were times when it felt strange to be the one answering questions than asking them, but it was just one more thing that reminded Phoenix that maybe, possibly, he was all grown up.