More zoo experience today. Liliana races from habitat to habitat–exclaiming, pointing, babbling. If I could only bottle up her joy and exuberance, I’d be able to solve all the world’s problems in one hour flat (or at least feel like I could). “No home, Mama,” she says. But you don’t understand, my dear girl. Mama […]
Sheer Joy
Do you see that child’s face? Do you see the wide, blue expanse above her? Do you see that wide grin of hers? “Look at me!” she squeals, and jumps higher and higher. Who knew a three-year-old could abandon herself to the air like that? I have found such a thing as crystallized joy, and […]
The Good Life
I was talking with a friend on Friday, and as this particular friend lives by Buddhist philosophy and is coming into town to do a mother’s retreat in October, I was explaining that perhaps the venue we’ve chosen is not “zen-like” enough–you know, peaceful, full of sunlight and happiness–what you’d expect when you hear the […]
Do You See?
Have you heard of Ted Kooser, the poet? I suppose in today’s realm of poetry, it’s a crime to be “accessible” to the masses, but he is, and I love his down-to-earth, honest words. [I think it’s more of a crime to capture things in writing that only a handful of people can understand, let […]
Thank You
I can’t help but think of Liliana’s birth mother today. I want to thank her for the gift of her daughter. I want to tell her all the splendid things she’s missing (not in a nah-nah-nah way, but in a genuine, “Oh, she’s beautiful and brilliant and funny…I wish you could see!”). We’ve finished our […]