| in our house I couldn't survive without humor--raising a 12, 16 and 18 yr old as a single mom I regularly employ jokes, (as well as baking brownies) to get thru -- my s who was wtlsted at penn and rejected at brown yesterday (rejected at Duke day before) found it stinging, he drove his brother to baseball, started to feel better-- we went to dinner and there was a young man there w his parents who had gotten into Duke, in and almost scholar at Emory, wtlsted at harvard, my s felt his own sting deepen--so he went home and took a nap--he felt much better and by 11 had made up new lyrics to the Amy Winehouse song Rehab--"tried to get into an Ivy but they said no, no, no..." the lyrics went on and it was truly funny---not in any way minimizing the feelings, but hopefully we can lead our kids to get thru these rejections and make their way with what choices they do have...and find the positive in them...good luck to all |