is<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serpentine,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and no,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t <\/p>\n\n\n\n
really<\/p>\n\n\n\n
know her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019s a woman now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
having <\/p>\n\n\n\n
outlived<\/p>\n\n\n\n
much of <\/p>\n\n\n\n
this story when<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serpentine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
gifted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
smart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
athletic,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
good human,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with a badly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
curved spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serpentine with<\/p>\n\n\n\n
parents<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who simply <\/p>\n\n\n\n
said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot on our watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serpentine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who travelled<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a foreign <\/p>\n\n\n\n
country<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cto get stuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n
done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Serpentine\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who simply<\/p>\n\n\n\n
forgot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that one<\/p>\n\n\n\n
has to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
limited<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
any opinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
other than<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one\u2019s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So perhaps<\/p>\n\n\n\n
there\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a little<\/p>\n\n\n\n
serpentine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in all<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if only<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we take<\/p>\n\n\n\n
time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nurture<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that brave<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and <\/p>\n\n\n\n
determined<\/p>\n\n\n\n
soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
~Lu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
is Serpentine, and no, I don\u2019t really know her. She\u2019s a woman now, having outlived much of this story when she was a child. Serpentine: gifted, smart, athletic, and a good human, with a badly curved spine. Serpentine with parents who simply said: \u201cNot on our watch.\u201d Serpentine who travelled to a foreign country \u201cto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,27,35,6],"tags":[7,4,5,8],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciation","category-connection","category-gratitude","category-moments-of-clarity","tag-awe","tag-hope","tag-possibility","tag-uncertainty"],"yoast_head":"\n