Happy 15th Daniel!

It's hard to believe that our Daniel is fifteen years old. On one hand it seems like yesterday when I heard his first cry, looked into his eyes and kissed his forehead with immense gratitude and love. On the other hand it feels like fifteen years of joy, sleepless nights, reading, sharing, loving, all the building blocks of life with more happiness than we could have imagined. My little boy is a young man. A fifteen year old that knows what he wants and shows great passion in his quests . Happy Birthday Daniel, you are the light in my eyes, the laughter in my day. I wish you a life of discovery, wonder, love and inner peace. I wish you happiness and I love you to infinity and beyond.

Free

Carolina chickadee 

flew into the park

one brilliant morning.

The trees rejoiced,

their leaves swaying

to the autumn breeze.

I tasted a change coming

as my eyes softly

welcomed them 

with a smile.

I harbor memories

of long ago,

on a distant shore

of the caged small birds

chirping,

feasting passionately

from a sugar bowl

oblivious to their circumstance. 

The bartender said

they were love birds

and they mate for life.

He poured rum into a tall glass

while sand brushed my toes.

I laughed,

I remember my innocence.

Youth and it's delicious

and painful blunders,

a lifetime ago.

I sigh,

it's my lifetime ago,

my wonder,

my thirst for life and love

that awakened my resolve.

My rebellion

my transformation from a girl into a woman,

a woman that would become a mother,

that loved fiercely. 

A woman that believed in dreams

and starting over.

A woman that wanted to touch

the sky

like a free bird.