[Magdalen] Mike & Everett face a demon.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

IT is interesting what we don't/didn't know or get taught "the basics", and 
sometimes the reason why.

Either by admission or by my own deduction, I discovered some unique reasons 
why I never washed clothes, or knew how to do so until I landed at college 
(my mom had to do her family of origin's laundry growing up and she wanted 
to 'spare' her kids). I was the laughing stock of the dorm when I needed to 
ask what to do. In retrospect, there were a few neglectful things that 
happened to me growing up and I think not even telling me how to do my 
laundry when I headed to college may have fallen in that category <gdr>
As adult who has discerned a number of quirks about myself as having their 
genesis in my growing up years, I am sometimes amazed at what I failed to do 
for my kids because it never occurred to me, or was not done to/for me, all 
the while my kids experienced their peers having a different experience then 
their own in many areas, and as is sometimes just human nature, never talked 
about it until their 'scarred for life' years, post 30.

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 12:20 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mike & Everett face a demon.

> On 10/01/2016 16:32, Jay Weigel wrote:
>> Mine did dishes on a rotating basis until we moved to a house with a
>> dishwasher. Then I didn't mind it so much. I did make sure, by the time
>> they were in middle school (11-12-13), that they learned how to cook the
>> basics (burgers, eggs, pasta, etc.) without setting the kitchen on fire.
>
> I think we owe it to our kids to ensure they have basic survival skills 
> before they leave home.  By that I do not mean how to survive in the wild 
> but cooking such as you describe, how to use the washing machine without 
> ruining clothes, how to sow on buttons, etc.
>
>> Sam became a fairly good basic cook and Betsy a fairly creative one. Adam
>> didn't do much with his knowledge until he married a woman who couldn't
>> cook, and then he became, out of necessity, a pretty decent one. In the
>> Guard, he and his buddies operated what they referred to as Cafe Wrench.
>> The food was so good guys from other units came by to eat; they charged
>> them by the plate.
>
> I assume that they knew how to charge, including something for knowledge 
> and skill as well as the cost of the ingredients.  That is another 
> important aspect of survival skills - not being made use of by others.
>
> Prayers for you tomorrow.
>
> Roger