Miss Impossible by Caroline Cala
Author:Caroline Cala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HMH Books
Chapter Fourteen
Dot
“Sometimes, our biggest challenges are actually our greatest blessings,” said Dot’s mom.
Dot wanted to take her mother’s advice seriously, but it was very hard to do so when she was delivering it upside down.
Dot sat on the living room sofa, nestled amid a sea of brightly patterned pillows, while her mother hung, feet up, from some inane contraption that looked like an inverted treadmill. According to her, it was meant to promote blood flow to the head and (apparently) increase one’s intuitive ability. According to Dot, it seemed like a great way to get a headache. It was just the latest thing her mother, a yogi–slash–tarot card reader–slash–Reiki master–slash–intuitive healer, was trying in the name of “self-care.”
After what had gone down at Zelda’s, Dot needed a little motivational speech to get herself ready for the only babysitting job they had left: monster-sitting the Morris boys. Dot wasn’t used to failing, and it felt like that was all she was doing these days. No matter how much they tried (and how much torture they had withstood), both Dot and Best Babysitters were holding on by a thread.
“I’m telling you, any way you look at it, these boys are like three little nightmares,” Dot said.
“You know, Dot, you’ve been very fortunate that many things have come easy to you,” her mother said, her words aimed at Dot’s feet. “Perhaps the universe is presenting you with a challenge so you can work through some complicated feelings and get to know yourself a little better.”
That didn’t make any sense.
“I think I know myself just fine,” Dot countered. “What I don’t know is how someone who is only five years old can have so many issues.”
Her mom may or may not have frowned at this. It was hard to tell because of gravity.
“Dot, everyone just wants to feel seen. Everyone just wants to feel cared for. Perhaps your job is to help these little boys feel like they’re safe and that you accept them as they are.”
Dot thought about this for a moment. “But what if I don’t accept them?”
“Well, my love, maybe that’s part of the issue.”
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