My 9 year old daughter is having an unusual effect on me.
You could almost say she is parenting me. Disciplining me.
Because, very simply, I am becoming more like her.
Her standards -- which are higher than mine --
are becoming my standards. Which makes me her disciple.
That sounds a little magical, wouldn't you say?
There's a few cute mechanisms to it ~ a few...
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Dear Mom & Dad...
I don't want to be your Everything.
That's not why I'm here.
That's not what I need.
Love me, yes,
and love me madly,
but PLEASE!
I don't want to be your
Only Sunshine.
I want to see the vista of You
stretching far beyond the circle
of you and me.
I want to feel your attention spanning the horizon.
You ascending, striving,
&...
I often find myself parked on the side of the road
in a moment of decision.
Go clean the house
OR
Magic...
Wonder...
Discovery.
Golden moments with my boy.
It isn't always easy,
choosing to be the last child in the woods,
but today it was...perfect.
It's always a major expedition
going down to the river valley floor
with...
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