sharing time

time...always trying to keep up with it, catch up to it, save a little for later. we buy, sell, and trade our souls for it, this precious thing called time. there is great value in having it...but inevitably someone or something is always trying to take it from you.

the only thing constant is change.

it's a jungle out there!

this morning baby girl and i were talking about our trip to the atlanta zoo this past christmas. so naturally i asked, 'what zoo animal are you?' (these being the kind of serious discussions you have with a kid that is almost three.)

'ummm, a zebra.' she replied.

'why a zebra?' i asked, genuinely curious as this wasn’t what i had expected her to say.

'hmmm,' she thought for a moment, 'because they're so beautiful.' she looked up at me and continued, 'and you're a lion.’

‘i’m a lion?’ i asked with a smile.

‘mmhhm, and daddy's a hippo.’

‘dad’s a hippo huh?’ i laughed and gave her a little tickle.

through the giggles she concluded, ‘and lolee...a giraffe.'

so...what zoo animal are you?

wishes really do come true

i meant to write this before the end of last year, but time gets away from me sometimes...

12/30/05
december...a month that has felt good, felt right, felt...happy. i went christmas shopping with my shado last wednesday. he got out of teaching that night just to spend the evening with me...and it was great! i had fun...can you imagine having fun while christmas shopping? me either which is why it was such a pleasant surprize.

after shopping we went back to my shado's place to get my car. as we were walking, cold wintry night with snow and ice still on the ground, i slipped my arm into his and we began our final chat of the evening. i told him that i'm so smitten with catfish right now and he said, with a sly smile, he has been waiting a long time to hear me say that. we slowed our pace and he asked me how i am...no, how am i really? 'i'm happy my shado. there, i said it, it's out there! it's weird and scary, but yeah, i'm happy for the moment. and i'm just going to ride this wave for as long as i can, what else can i do? i mean seriously, i know i wouldn't know, but, isn't that what happy people do?', i replied as he stared at me beaming.

as we arrived at my car, my shado looked up at the stars and said, to some mystical force unknown to me, 'thank you'. and he looked at me and said, 'see, wishes do come true.' he had made a wish for me...for me! and for a moment, not matter it's length of time, that wish came true.