Friday 55 & Da Count-Growing Up

FRIDAY 55

Once I was your universe

containing you in darkness.

You emerged to light

and I became the sun

on which to center your orbit.

Now you slip my bonds of gravity

and fling yourself

among the stars.

Blaze bright, find the path

that allows me

glimpses of glory

and leaves no crater

upon my heart.



DA COUNT

This week Diana turned twenty.  That was a strange milestone for me since I was twenty when I got married (and I'm also marking that anniversary this week).  If she were to announce she is getting married soon I'd definitely think she's too young.  I can only imagine how insane my parents thought I was at twenty....alright, they still think I am but that's another matter entirely.  Sometimes she is so grown up and mature and responsible.  Sometimes I just want to bean her.

Calypso has had a good week health-wise.  That all by itself is count-worthy but she's also been talking about future plans in ways that display a sense of hope.  She's also been willing to ask for some help she has needed but resisted.  In spite of all the difficulty she's had this year I've been proud of her mostly consistent effort.  

Isaac towers over me so the physical growth is obvious.  I don't generally have to get on his case about schoolwork.  He's mostly easy going.  I miss the way we used to curl up on the couch to read together or watch his favorite cartoons but I like when he comes into the kitchen to talk to me about some of his odd observations in life.

One is out of the house, one stands ready to depart, and one watches in anticipation for his turn.  It's strange, unfamiliar territory we all explore as we grow but it's interesting to watch...most of the time.  I'm counting the evidence of maturity when I see it.