I was sick and I didn’t want to get up. In fact, all I wanted was a little love and a lot of sleep. But the love wasn’t coming. Mary had been self-raised in the school of, “I don’t believe in being sick, so I don’t get sick”. To her, my fever was a choice - one she was not going to support.

During the course of our two-year relationship, I think I got sick once more. I was in the best health of my life. Being with Mary was phenomenal for my well-being because, with her, sickness was always a choice and the decision was easy.

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My son Miles and I are in deep rapport. While he doesn’t believe everything I say to him, he believes most things. And when he believes something, he believes it ALL the way.

That’s why when I hear myself say something like, “sugar is no good for you” I flinch. While I know my intention is to communicate a necessary truth and help him understand why he’s not allowed to have that second lollipop, language is powerful and and I loathe creating cracks into which disease can slip.

If he believes that a lollipop can make him sick, on a deeper level, he believes he can get sick and my inner Mary does not approve of that one little bit.

In the nubile minds of our children, we’re all witch doctors capable of true magic. What spells are you casting?

I’m an avid behavioral downloader, please share the best spells you’ve cast so I can put them in my grimoire and use them with my son.

Cheers!