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boys.
I sat in my brown recliner and put up
the footrest and continued to think about my family. I remembered
through the years, I came and went periodically, doing my business,
but I always made sure I had time for my boys. Where I was lacking
was spending quality time with Lena.
I remembered that once
Lena had confirmed my suspicions about wanting to have one of our
special talks. Special talks were talks that we had when Lena
seemed to be fed up with something that I was doing. In the past,
it consisted of playing too many video games, and being addicted to
Captain Crunch cereal. I had a feeling this talk was going to take
on more of a serious nature.
“ Josiah, can I ask you a
question?” Lena asked.
Oh boy, here it comes.
What did I do now? Did I forget to refill the ice? Is the
toothpaste top off? Then Lena shocked me with what she asked
me.
She asked, “Do you still
love me?”
“ Why would you ask that?”
I was stunned by her question.
Lena paused and then
reflected, “Before, it was okay that you didn’t always tell me that
you loved me, but I knew you loved me because you proved it to me
in all that you did for me. I was always certain that you loved me.
You would go above and beyond what any man is asked to do. Now, I
am not sure you would and you haven’t for a long time.”
“ I would lay down my life
for you and the children.”
“ It’s always me and the
children. It’s never just me.”
“ Wow. I’m not sure how to
respond to that.”
“ Why don’t you just say
the first thing that comes into your head and not be so perfect? I
don’t want the Chosen, I don’t want vampire superhero. I don’t even
want Josiah the Mani. I want to talk to you, the boy who saved me
from those frat boys, a long time ago, because you’ve seemed to
have forgotten who he is.”
“ I’ve never changed.
Everything around us has changed. I’m just going with the flow. My
love for you has never changed.”
“ I wish I could believe
that,” said Lena, “but you forget I’m with you every day. Now,
you’re just words, no actions.”
“ Somewhere along the line,
this has become about everybody else and no longer about
us.”
“ And you’re okay with
that?” Lena asked.
“ Actually, I’m
not.”
“ Seems like you
are.”
“ In the end, we were given
a calling. Hell, even our boys have callings. If somehow, I forgot
to be romantic in all that, I’m sorry, but one thing has never
stopped is how much I love you.”
Lena paused and by her
body language, I could tell she finally gave in. “Sometimes, I just
need to hear it.”
I walked over and gave
Lena a giant hug. I kissed her on the lips and said, “I think it is
time for the entire family to see the Deity.”
“ Are you
kidding?”
“ No, I’m dead serious.
It’s time this family had answers, that...you and I need some
answers.”
“ You want to have family
and marriage counseling with a two thousand year old
demi-goddess?”
“ I just think it’s time
for all of us to get on the same page. And who better to get us on
that page than her?”
I wasn’t sure that Lena
wanted to go, but she was a trooper. Our whole family went anyway,
boys and all.
Chapter
Twelve
I continued to lean back in my
recliner in the den and continued to think about my family. Lena
did not like the fact that when the boys turned twelve, I thought
it was time for them to meet the Deity. Our two boys were
exceptionally smart. They were catching onto everything. I wasn’t
sure how much I was allowed to tell them, but it was my belief that
they should understand why they lived in a castle on an island that
was separated from the Tandra world.
While the rest of the world went on
around them, they were sheltered and safe. They weren’t idiots.
They were really confused that they were cooped up and far away on
this island. They were having incident after incident that made it
impossible for me not to take both of them to see someone of
I sat in my brown recliner and put up
the footrest and continued to think about my family. I remembered
through the years, I came and went periodically, doing my business,
but I always made sure I had time for my boys. Where I was lacking
was spending quality time with Lena.
I remembered that once
Lena had confirmed my suspicions about wanting to have one of our
special talks. Special talks were talks that we had when Lena
seemed to be fed up with something that I was doing. In the past,
it consisted of playing too many video games, and being addicted to
Captain Crunch cereal. I had a feeling this talk was going to take
on more of a serious nature.
“ Josiah, can I ask you a
question?” Lena asked.
Oh boy, here it comes.
What did I do now? Did I forget to refill the ice? Is the
toothpaste top off? Then Lena shocked me with what she asked
me.
She asked, “Do you still
love me?”
“ Why would you ask that?”
I was stunned by her question.
Lena paused and then
reflected, “Before, it was okay that you didn’t always tell me that
you loved me, but I knew you loved me because you proved it to me
in all that you did for me. I was always certain that you loved me.
You would go above and beyond what any man is asked to do. Now, I
am not sure you would and you haven’t for a long time.”
“ I would lay down my life
for you and the children.”
“ It’s always me and the
children. It’s never just me.”
“ Wow. I’m not sure how to
respond to that.”
“ Why don’t you just say
the first thing that comes into your head and not be so perfect? I
don’t want the Chosen, I don’t want vampire superhero. I don’t even
want Josiah the Mani. I want to talk to you, the boy who saved me
from those frat boys, a long time ago, because you’ve seemed to
have forgotten who he is.”
“ I’ve never changed.
Everything around us has changed. I’m just going with the flow. My
love for you has never changed.”
“ I wish I could believe
that,” said Lena, “but you forget I’m with you every day. Now,
you’re just words, no actions.”
“ Somewhere along the line,
this has become about everybody else and no longer about
us.”
“ And you’re okay with
that?” Lena asked.
“ Actually, I’m
not.”
“ Seems like you
are.”
“ In the end, we were given
a calling. Hell, even our boys have callings. If somehow, I forgot
to be romantic in all that, I’m sorry, but one thing has never
stopped is how much I love you.”
Lena paused and by her
body language, I could tell she finally gave in. “Sometimes, I just
need to hear it.”
I walked over and gave
Lena a giant hug. I kissed her on the lips and said, “I think it is
time for the entire family to see the Deity.”
“ Are you
kidding?”
“ No, I’m dead serious.
It’s time this family had answers, that...you and I need some
answers.”
“ You want to have family
and marriage counseling with a two thousand year old
demi-goddess?”
“ I just think it’s time
for all of us to get on the same page. And who better to get us on
that page than her?”
I wasn’t sure that Lena
wanted to go, but she was a trooper. Our whole family went anyway,
boys and all.
Chapter
Twelve
I continued to lean back in my
recliner in the den and continued to think about my family. Lena
did not like the fact that when the boys turned twelve, I thought
it was time for them to meet the Deity. Our two boys were
exceptionally smart. They were catching onto everything. I wasn’t
sure how much I was allowed to tell them, but it was my belief that
they should understand why they lived in a castle on an island that
was separated from the Tandra world.
While the rest of the world went on
around them, they were sheltered and safe. They weren’t idiots.
They were really confused that they were cooped up and far away on
this island. They were having incident after incident that made it
impossible for me not to take both of them to see someone of
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