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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 ( 12:10 PM ) shut up christine a few of my favorites :) I was waiting for such a long time, she said. I thought you forgot. It's hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone. If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you. I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long. There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good. You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time. They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday. I've always liked the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am When I die, she said, I'm coming back as a tree with deep roots & I'll wave my leaves at the children every morning on their way to school & whisper tree songs at night in their dreams. Trees with deep roots know about the things children need. As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face. Don't you hear it? she asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you. I have to buy all my presents at the last minute, she said, or I get too excited & just give them away. In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants & hold the world in arms grown strong with love & there may be many things we forget in the days to come, but this will not be one of them. Sometimes I think I'm going to end up all alone in a cold apartment living on cat food from a can but I guess that's not so bad since I'm a cat after all. I didn't listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn't know anything until I was much older. from storypeople.com #
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