Journal
FOLLOW ALONG WITH OUR BIG, BRAVE, MESSY FAMILY AS WE FIGURE OUT THIS MAGICAL LIFE OF OURS, FILLED WITH LOVE, + HARD STUFF, + MORE CHICKENS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT HERE ON SALT SPRING ISLAND.
SHE DIDN'T HUG ME, ON HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND IT'S OKAY.
This image was my goodbye.
At first I was indignant! Here I am! Let me celebrate you dammit!!!!
I looked again, swallowed the lump, and waved. She waved back, a smile filled her face, and an ease came over her body. I remember this feeling. In so many ways she is me, she is mine. Being here in this universe with her people is her happy place. She’s safely in her extroverted social butterfly orbit.
I remember these moments like they were yesterday. Sometimes I wish I could do them all over again; or at least remember them better.
A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD HAIRCUT
Close your eyes and think of your school photos.
No really take a second, and pour over them in your minds eye.
How did it make you feel? Where did you go first in your memory?