I check the fortune again every time I get my child ready for school.
As I wake my child and get breakfast ready, a line from the fortune I read last night keeps coming back to me.
Scenes
- That line comes to mind as I make breakfast. — I wake my child and make breakfast, but a line from last night’s fortune keeps coming to mind. I worry about what might happen to my child today.
- Worry follows my child into the day. — The more I reread the book, the busier my hands get tending to my child. Nothing has happened yet, but I find myself planning breakfast around that line.
- The fortune describes the year ahead. — The fortune is a reading of the year ahead. One sentence can’t tell you what will happen to your child today.
- Write down the worry and today’s tasks separately. — Today, write down the line and what’s right in front of you separately. Once it’s on paper, one thing your child needs right now may come to mind.
- When worry returns, look at what’s here. — That line may come to mind again tomorrow morning. When it does, look again at the fortune’s words and what’s actually in front of your child.
Stories by Jirisan Mansin
- Jirisan Mansin
- I couldn’t bring myself to say I’d dreamed we’d argued.
- When I rush my child, I think of our different zodiac signs
- I can't pick a date after the company dinner.
- When a friend comes to mind while doing the dishes
- A dream of getting out of the water comes back, even on an autumn walk
- Even dressed, I ask my fortune whether I should rest today.
- You pause over the contract while choosing a signing date.
- Even after a celebration, my body takes a while to settle.