Tag: parenting

  • Day Fifty Nine, March 22, 2011

    delight! The twinkle in your eyes the notes in your voice the chimes in your laughter the theater of your expression the warmth of your heart the innocence of your being the brilliance of your mind the humor of your mischief the bounce of your hair the smell of your hugs the simple fact of…

  • Day Fifty Five, March 18, 2011

    When they are babies, they cry for obvious reasons, hunger, discomfort or illness. Then they get older and they learn that tears are also something they can use in their daily theater. They start to cry for attention, cry to test their limits, cry to protest your parenting decision, cry to influence you emotionally, or…

  • Day Thirty Six, February 27, 2011

    Today I was having lunch in a Shanghai neighborhood where many expatriates reside. I was stunned to see at what a young age children are starting to smoke cigarettes these days, or was it always like this? These skaters looked so young, and so “cool” with the whole attitude of “look at me I am…

  • Day Twenty Seven, February 18, 2011

    Today I was very overwhelmed with the state of the world, wars, revolutions, poverty, instability, pollution, global warming, solar flares, and a general sense of unsettlement. Then in the afternoon we had Lea’s twin friends over for a play date then sleep over and I watched them play, laugh, sing, dance and be in the…

  • You are the reason…

    You are the reason I love to live more you are the reason I love to wake up in the morning more you are the reason I am now more scared of flying you are the reason I smile so much more you are the reason I bake so much more you are the reason…