I am surrounded by small children roughly 9 hours a day, sometimes 12, and the grasping, grabbing, needing, wanting thing is basically all they know. I read this and laughed out loud at the teething toddler adhered to my body, then set her down to pour some coffee 🙂
Hope the toddler didn’t actively teethe on *you*! I can certainly imagine there are few people in the universe who would understand the heart of this poem better than you can!
xoxo
Indeed, for most of us, understanding how we intermix with others is completely central to our view of our own selves–yet few of us have a clear view of precisely how dependent and demanding that mix often is. It intrigues me!
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I am surrounded by small children roughly 9 hours a day, sometimes 12, and the grasping, grabbing, needing, wanting thing is basically all they know. I read this and laughed out loud at the teething toddler adhered to my body, then set her down to pour some coffee 🙂
Hope the toddler didn’t actively teethe on *you*! I can certainly imagine there are few people in the universe who would understand the heart of this poem better than you can!
xoxo
We need one another for one reason or another…
Indeed, for most of us, understanding how we intermix with others is completely central to our view of our own selves–yet few of us have a clear view of precisely how dependent and demanding that mix often is. It intrigues me!
I have certainly felt like the ‘second’ drawing often … especially in the jobs I’ve had. But it made me smile anyway! Wonderful offering as always!
We might as well smile about our struggles anyway, eh! 🙂