Tuesday, August 11, 2020

aishu asks

yesterday aishu asked
we people have so many jobs
why do  bees have only 1 job... making honey

led to conversation about human intelligence vs animal intelligence
always the animal advocate my son was quick to point out that primates have high levels of intelligence. and dolphins. 

but not as high as us was my comeback! 

and the babybqas taken by how kind and cruel we can be 

Monday, August 10, 2020

two months

just about 2 months ago my ashwin and I went cycling and he said "aatha tell me when it is safe to cross then I will do so. 
I felt so important. so needed. so protective. heart bursting really. 

fast forward to 2 months later, today, he tells me, I will go home first okay, and sets off. I follow slowly behind with the youngest. 

just 2 months. he has grown. 

today he subconsciously reached for my hand as I walked him to school.
I consciously appreciate the soft pressure of his fingers in mine, not knowing when he may pull away

Sunday, August 9, 2020

aishu's convictions and questions

a felt a tug on my pants and note floated up to me from under the table. I read it. 

"what is the point of living if we die in the end?" 

in green ink and crooked handwriting of the 6 year old. 

I told her wow was not expecting this from under the table what prompted it 
shakespeare aatha you remember you said he asked something like this 

I'm thinking hamlet in his soliloquy. 
that was a ling time ago that we talked about hamlet 
a few min later she returns. I just read stories of durga.  bramha tells mahisheswara all who are born must die. so the question. 

later we talk about it 
 she says she has an answer to the question. in the life we have we must do our part. to save the earth to save fellow human beings. ⁰

Sunday, August 2, 2020

sleeping forms

nothing can give a mother more joy perhaps 
than to look upon the form
of her sleeping child

in repose the baby face 
now she curls up towards her father 
nuzzling in 

am so in love with her 
my little daughter 
6 years old and so wise 
so participative 
so involved in everything 

truly my blessing 
I love her so much 

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