it wasn't an opinion.

today.

words, today.

they're all over my brain and slipping out my ears but they're not running from my fingertips quite as well as they usually do.

possibly because i am astonished. possibly because this particular topic of conversation is best served over ice on a patio with a breathtaking landscape in the background.

it completely astonishes me that one person can be so completely stunned.

I heard this once...

"you must be two people because not one person can be that stupid!"

with a wave of optimism, I will give her the benefit of the doubt because she has been a mother since she was sixteen years old and she has had more children since then.

her oldest daughter is not yet sixteen. she's beautiful and smart and she's throwing a lot of her life away for a boy she likes. she's spending nearly all of her time with him - probably in or around his bed; she's telling him that she loves him; she's bringing him to grandma and grandpa's house; she's sleeping in grandma's bed - with him; and she's allowed to do all of this because her mother is that stupid.

with a wave of realism, I will give her absolutely no benefit of the doubt because her own daughter doesn't have an example to know

any different.