{"id":460,"date":"2008-07-29T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2008\/07\/strange-and-mournful-day\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T21:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:52:00","slug":"strange-and-mournful-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/strange-and-mournful-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange and Mournful Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you wanted the moon, I would try to make a start.<\/span>
–To Sir, With Love<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a column<\/span> I wrote dealing with Nat’s move<\/a>, for the Washington Post\/Newsweek <\/span>site called “On Faith.” This piece is a small nugget explaining one particular moment of dealing with this transition of ours.<\/p>\n

I have had an especially difficult day today, because I had a bad feeling all day about my Sweet Guy. And when I called him at 4:30, he immediately said, “Go to _____Street, NOW. Go to _____ Street, NOW.” Meaning, home. My heart seized and I bit back tears. I also couldn’t help but think, such great, unprompted language!<\/p>\n

<\/span>“Nat, I know. Nat you are sad right now. But you will be happy soon. It’s going to be alright. I am coming to your class tomorrow, for a visit.”
<\/span>
Then he said — and I still can’t believe this — “I love you. Love you.” And he hung up. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’ll be there with chocolate and Disney videos. And maybe the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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