Huh?
Lisa seems to know things. In its most basic form, she can naturally discern a lie from the truth. Lisa is good at games, too. So good in fact, that I was prompted to write about her. She seems more accurate during the first ten minutes of trying to guess which card out of six I am holding. After those initial minutes, her accuracy rate drops to average.
She talks about various futures. At age thirteen she already realizes there are several paths. It is strange to listen to her talk and in all honesty, my initial reaction was to suggest further therapy. I hold back and force my mind to remain open. Lisa becomes a little more reserved and eventually states in a matter-of-fact voice, "you are having a hard time with this."
Well yes, I am. So I grin and admit it. That seems to lighten the mood and Lisa changes the subject to evolution. She insists we don't know enough about our capacity to heal. We don't develop our senses. In many ways we are infants. Lisa talks avidly about how she can 'let go' and find her dad who lives in another state or send mental 'miss you' calls to her grandmother that result in a phone call.
She is well liked at school but remains aloof. She seems more comfortable with her books. She has begun to write down her thoughts as they occur to her. They are sometimes fragmented but at times they appear to be well beyond her thirteen year old potential for wisdom.
Adolescence is a strange and trying time. Lisa's family accepts her as she is without completely understanding her at times. Her mother insists it can be hard to relate and even harder on days she seems deeply affected by whatever she has 'seen' or dreamed. Those are days she stays home from school. Therapy has helped but Lisa's mom is convinced it isn't mental illness and rejects all mention of medication.
"She's different. That doesn't make her sick."
I nod and on some level am forced to agree. Lisa functions and whatever thoughts or abilities she has do not seem to hinder her academically or emotionally. Granted, she has strange interests and her role models are found between the covers of paranormal adult fiction but...stranger things have happened.
Right?
