"No, mom! I want to have this conversation now.

[Guest guest]

Dear Annette,

 

In honor the abiding love that flows reciprocally

between your heart and the wise being of your son, Nic

Such beauty you share inspires and awakens simple joy.

> "No, mom! I want to have this conversation now. Is that like when

> we meditate and I feel really good like my heart is blooming? That is

> like song, when you make my heart feel beautiful, with your hand."

 

LIFE FOR MY CHILD IS SIMPLE

 

Life for my child is simple, and is good.

He knows his truth

He knows his wish

Yes, but that is not all.

Because I know mine too.

And we both want joy of the undeep and unabiding things,

Like kicking the stone along the country lane

Or playing scrabble till the wee hours

Or tipping over the icebox pan

Or making a mess while baking cookies in the kitchen.

And there is more to it than that.

It is that he has never been afraid.

Rather, he reaches out into the unknown to grasp infinity

And sits quietly to feel mystery

And sings outragously to experience ecstasy

And whispers of magic things that stir in his heart.

And journeys to the unbounded realm of galaxies and stars forming

And so forth.

Not that success, for him, is sure, infallible.

But never has he been afraid to reach.

Reaching is his rule.

 

Love

raven