https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/what-mother-said/ Recent content in What-Mother-Said on A Geek's Life Hugo en Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:32:39 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/09/16/what-mother-said-2/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:32:39 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/09/16/what-mother-said-2/ <p><img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/what-mother-said-1.jpg"><em>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@bruno_nascimento?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Bruno Nascimento</a> on</em> <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/mother-and-child?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText"><em>Unsplash</em></a>. <em>For Young J who stuttered (and still does now and again in moments of overexcitement)&hellip;</em></p> <p>**</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t let this be a big thing. Don&rsquo;t let the tyranny of a lost word hovering just beyond the reach of your tired tongue drag you to the edge of self-immolation.</p> <p>Cherish the bitten lower lip, the lisp when the words - like a pent up flood breaching the edge of a levee - finally come.</p>