Mixed Messages by Aimee Rae Ellington MIXED MESSAGES MIXED MESSAGES MIXED MESSAGES Dinner is served. "All is well." All is not well! "Stop whimpering! You are fine!" I am NOT fine. NO, I'M IN PAIN!!! "Sit down and eat your supper." It hurts to sit down can't you tell didn't you hear my screams can't you feel my PAIN??? "Clean up your plate. Don't you appreciate how hard your mother worked, how good she is to fix such a nice meal for you?" I can't eat. I think I'm going to throw up!!! "Shame on you, you naughty little girl, not showing appreciation for all your mother does for you!" APPRECIATION Mother
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." -Antoine Saint-Exupéry