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My boy Daniel celebrated his sixteenth birthday yesterday. He is one of the greatest teachers in my life. I have been filled with wonder from the first moment that I saw him. I love him to the moon and back. This morning we are on the road and I have not had time to write a proper post for this milestone but I did want to acknowledge this special time in his and our life.

Let Sadness In

Let sadness

transform you,

trickle down from

your head to your toes.

Let it widen your chest

and raise your heart.

Let sadness dance

in your veins,

a slow dance,

a deliberate dance.

Open the window,

let it sit for awhile.

Let it soak in your bones,

let it ravage you.

It will travel through 

the chambers of your heart

and it will leave you weak at the knees

like a gentle lover.

It will dissolve like fog at daybreak 

over the harbor.

You will grow

from the heartache,

you will weather the storm.

You will survive,

you will find joy.