Kid 1 is going into high school next year and I keep getting emails from the new school which makes me realize that at fifteen, she is as old as I was when I went to live with my aunt and uncle for the last time. But we are not as old as they were, are we? I know that these things are true but I can’t believe it. She is only a few years younger than Ilona was when we met. I remember when Kid 1 was a baby, I was so scared of SIDS (which was a big deal in the early 90′s) that I would sort of shake her at night to see if she was still breathing. Now we are making plans to get her Learner’s permit so she can have the Green Hornet.
The thought of her driving by herself really scares me, but I know it is just one of the many things that her mom and I will have to come to terms with. Next year it’s high school and driving, then dating. A few years later it will be picking and I guess then leaving for a college. Ilona has this crazy idea that the girls will go to a local school and live at home or share an apartment we get for them. I actually told Kid 1 about this on a recent trip and we laughed about it.
That is nice but our girls are like us and want to see the world. I know where Ilona gets this, when we were young we were more or less on our own, we had no where to go back to, and she wants them to be able to come home. I am with her on that, I don’t want her to have to, but sometimes things just don’t work out and we just are hoping she knows she can come back with no questions or conditions. I guess ultimately, like most parents, we want for them what we did not have. I would also like to live long enough to see them become middle-aged and uncool so I can make fun of them.
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For the record, It’s not that I want them to live at home. I just remember being trapped in a terrible, broken down house. We had no place to go. I want the kids to know that there is always a place to come back to, no questions asked and no criticism offered.
Phhhh.
Why am I always a bad guy?
Anyway. Look what I have for you. A goodie. Written by an old, old man. NO new content aside from what was on the blog already. Took all bloody morning to format.
Kindle prc: Curran POV Vol II_7EBA1C4F
Epub: Curran POV Vol II_7EBA1C4F
PDF: Curran POV Vol II
The first two files are in the format required by E-readers, such as Kindle and Nook. If you are having difficulties opening them, try the PDF.
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Let me know if there are any problems.
Synopsis: The second volume of Curran POV takes place after the events of MAGIC BLEEDS. Infuriated by Kate’s treatment at the hands of the Pack, the Beast Lord demands an explanation. When words fail, claws and fangs must do the talking.
This is a very short story, 6,000 words.
If you want the short story, I suggest you bug Moses over there, because my nagging is not working.
I want the shortie, please, please, please with a cherry on the top and a big smiley face
I’m not above begging – the Curran POV’s are what made me turn the corner with the Beast Lord from thinking he was a stuck up jerk to thinking, ‘Hey baby!’
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I literally jumped out of my chair and dncead after reading this!
This is me nagging for the short story!!!
Please! Please! Please!
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so sorry to trouble you but i can’t open any of the links:(
i’m reaallyyy looking forward to this!!
Check the post for the link to the PDF
THANKS!!! can’t wait for the next book!
Gordon & Ilona, thank you so much for doing this. It is an awesome cover!
I hear you about getting old. My 11 yo niece is nearly as tall as me. I told her if she is still shorter than me by Chirstmas I will give her a fiver. It amazes me how fast my nieces are growing up!
*coughs* ying, love, you’re not exactly a giant
I sympathise my daughter is 15 in July, what I hate is the worry that not only will she be on the road soon, but she is now getting to the age where young boys have cars (queue stomach ulcer), am also hiding plenty of grey hairs over that one. I might feel a bit better and be saved todays greys if i had a short story to read please, please, please.
Whoa, talk about synchronicity
I’m sitting in a hotel room in North Carolina waiting for my daughter to call to tell me to come help pack up her stuff. She’s graduating from college on Sat. & then moving back home (in South Dakota) just long to save up for first months rent, security deposits, etc. And while I’m more than happy to have her, it’s going to take some time to get used to her snake (she thinks it’s cuddly O_O) She wrote on her Mom’s Day card that the greatest gift I’d given her was unconditional love, & it sounds to me like you’ve given that to your two.
And thank you, thank you, thank you for the POV II. I just got done rereading that “explain yourselves” scene, & was thinking, oh shoot, I wanted to see them try
“just long *enough* to save up”
grrr
Thanks so much!
My baby boy is 24 in the Navy and currently stationed in Honolulu. The whole “give him as much freedom as he could handle safely” worked for me…he seems to think of my place as the ultimate home base but is comfortable in his own place, independent, self-sufficient and content. When he was in basic training, he thought the truly homesick ones were odd because he said home is always there.
However, he (quite horribly) keeps reminding me that I was only a year older than he is now when I had him…I keep telling anyone who disses my Sims versus his ol’ first person shooter isn’t half as mature as me.
I recall Navy Basic in Great Lakes as being bloody awful actually. Maybe it was just the cold but it was honestly way worse than Army Basic. Can’t blame young kids for being homesick, but it sounds like your son is well adjusted and enjoying what he does. Is he do you know, a wog or a shellback? Basically a ceremony you go through crossing the Equator.
I’d hit you with a thousand nag-a-watts of energy but my wife has the market cornered on it for the honey-do list.
No kids but a 19 year old neice who just finished her first year of college and texts me ALL THE TIME about everything including one memorable day, bowel movements!!!
I wouldn’t have it any other way. Since I had a crappy home life growing up, it makes me happy that she feels like she can come to me for anything and we would always have room for her if she needed it.
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thank you for the curran pov, ilona!
and I totally understand how you want to be able to offer your kids a home, no matter where they want to go or what they decide to do…
AWESOME
I think you sound like great parents – My BIL is not an easy man and I know that my niece feels that once she leaves she will not be welcome back.
She is waiting until she get her Ps (can drive by herself) and then she is looking to move out (shes 18) and studying.
While they still love each other it will be many years before they hopefully become close again. My BIL couldnt handle her teenage rebellions because he must always be in control. her rebellions were quite minor in comparison to many teenagers but its a very cold between them now.
Reading your lovely post reminds me all the good things there are about parents that care.
Thankyou for that
But has anyone noticed that when they leave again their pets stay. I have 3 of my niece’s cats. Fortunately she found new homes for the 3 ferrets. I was going to have a nervous breakdown over those.
You guys do sound like great parents….a heck of a lot better than mine…..Don’t worry, love will bring them back…….My oldest just lost her first tooth and my youngest just started crawling, but I already feel old…..especially when my three year old does things to the computer that I didn’t even know it could do! Ha Ha!!! Life just wouldn’t be worth it without them.
Most excellent . . . I really love the image used.
You changed the name of Mahon’s wife. I thought it was Catherine when you write the first time.
I too, have a son driving and going away to college in the fall. I also have a 15 year old who will be getting his permit in October when he turns 16. Oh the joys of parenting and letting go. I am still having problems with my oldest driving my car and not being home when I think he should be home. Gordon you are right about having a safe place to return to. It is something we all want and need in times of stive and hurt. Unforunately for me, I have lost both of my parents and do not have that. I miss that every day.
Our children, for the most part, know that we have their backs and will be there for them no matter what. We just need to let them spread their wings and try life.
Thank you for all that you do for your fans but especially for being the parents your children need.
No I am not getting older, I’m not, sniff sniff, my oldest is now 19 ??? What happened ? Y’all are such good parents.
I added the short to my collection, Thank You
Well, Gordon, I did finally get Curran POV 2 loaded so that was great–now my comment about age. I remember when I was about the age of your daughter and my Mother just turned 40. I remember distinctly thinking to myself–how in the world anyone could live that long???? I think I was expecting her to keel over anytime. Now I am way past 40 and I thought that getting older was something that wouldn’t happen to me somehow–like I would always stay young even though that makes no logical sense. One thing I know is this–material things may come and go but love, family and health are what counts in life. You are wise to Make sure your girls can always come home. I have only one daughter who is happily married and our relationship is better now than ever–we are confidants and friends, and one of the things that she said to me recently was that I was her best friend and I am always there for her. I treasure that but actually she is my gift.
Yah, another volume of Curran stories. This just makes me sooooo impatient for Magic Slays, but every little fix helps, right?
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I loved it so wonderful now if we could just chain yall in the shed and get more books i love yall thanks so much
I reckon your kids’ll keep coming back no matter what. You’ve given them the kind of emotional/familial security that only folks who’ve never had it themselves recognise the true value of. Your kids probably never think twice about whether or not you’ll always be there for them, because they don’t need to. They know it. They feel it. Possibly even take it for granted, they’re so sure of their welcome. Must be nice.
Be damn proud of it, say I.
Doing some printing and I have to restrain Jim from attacking and taking the pages away. I didn’t know cats had a thing for printers before ours did.
Anyway….Yay. All POV in the same place
As somebody who’s about to leave high school and enter college, I think you should let your kid know that high school is a hundred times better than middle school. People are still stupid and you’re going to lose “friends” but it all works out. Not everybody but a lot of people start to grow up and teachers are usually more lenient. I’m just saying this because I think most kids who are about to start high school are pretty scared.
Amazing. Greedy for more. Almost the 31, but it feels so far away!
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