Stress

     When I was little, my dad was always playing Spider Solitaire in his spare time.  He still does from time to time, by the way.  I didn't get why.  I just thought that he really liked the game.  And he does.  He's pretty into it.  But I didn't really get the depth of why he played it so much.
     Now, I sit here and I open a game of FreeCell.  I play Solitaire, too, and Spider Solitaire, just like Dad.  Things like ceramics, drawing, writing, cards, they've been helping as I try to deal with the stress in my life.  Dad played because the cards helped release stress.
     However, the thing about my family is that, while I am supposed to be a young lady now, so I'm supposed to be more adult-like and whatnot, they still consider me to be a kid.  Because I'm a kid, I'm not allowed to go to a lot of places.  I can't have stress.  Cuz I'm a kid, and kids don't get stress.
     I'd like to remind my readers that there's a difference between "can" and "should".  "Kids aren't supposed to get stress," is different from "Kids can't get stress."  While my parents actively say the former, it often feels like they believe in the latter.  If they weren't so serious about it, too, then I would love to laugh at the absurdity of it.  Kid's can't get stress.  Hah.