A Thorn in my Pocket

The following is from the book "A Thorn in my Pocket", it really struck a chord with me when I think of Abra....

A Changeling must have been a child with autism.....

According to Celtic mythology, changelings are fairy children. Endowed with mysterious powers – both generous and spiteful, friendly and malevolent, the one thing fairies lack is the capacity for human feeling. And, because of the lack, they want to join us, inspire us, but then will extract a cruel and capricious price.

Temple is a beautiful child, but her beauty is uncanny. She still doesn’t speak, still wont look at me, and if she does, she apears to look beyond me into some private land of enchantment. She no longer plays with her feces, but she still has tantrums, still goes into wild giggling and spitting. Though i must clean up after her, I’m not allowed to join in that enchanted land.

Tantrums are hard to handle and fecal smears are smelly, but exclusion breaks my heart.



Eustacia Cutler