Kindergarten memories

My son brought a bound folder from his last day of school today. With his picture taken on the first day of school on the cover page, and cute, thought provoking projects he did in his school through out the year. As I was browsing through the book, I felt little tears welling up in the eye.

You know its not out of sadness or its not the feeling that he is growing up now what? - I cannot quiet place why, but it was like looking through this past school year since September. A chubby, bubbly, very unsure 5 year old, evolving into a tall, bony, active 6 year old. He looks so like a baby in the first photo and the last one, taken almost at the end of the year makes him look so grown up.

As i read through the things he had written - oh I am just unable to find right words to express the feelings gushing through. Some are downright funny - like the one "What would you do if you were the President of United States?" "I will fix all the holes on the road with tar so the cars can run" and about his field trip to the farm etc. His observation about the "stinky" goat did make me laugh out loud!

Its great his teacher took the extra time to collect photos from various school activities, collect worksheets from class, save them until the year end, get them bound for the kids...I am sure I'll save this Kindergarten Memories and share with my son when he is older, and has little time to share with mama.

A Daughter's Dilemma

Do thoughts travel faster than light? if yes, then mine are. oh yes, going back home...hey wait a minute...what did you think just now? Going back "home" eh? What do you mean? If you call the place you live home, then your home is right here, where you are sitting in front of the monitor and typing away to glory. Then what do you refer to as "home"? Well I meant going back to my parent's home - to kick back and relax after two grueling years of being a full time mom, student, working, getting laid off, making social calls, volunteering on and off at kid's school - not to mention the cooking, cleaning, trips to doctor appointments etc, I do think I am going to kick back and relax, during my vacation back home - there I go again, back at my parent's home.

So what am i expecting to do there in the two short months? I want to make my mom sit and cook for her, talk to her, most of all relate to her as any adult daughter would. Make her fell good. Will this happen? I don't know. In turn my mom might want to do all the pampering to me. I want to make my dad sit with me and enjoy the grandkids. I want my parents- in- law just to have a relaxed time with the kids and enjoy them as they are with no innuendos.

meanwhile I also should make sure the kids are healthy, safe etc. Want to do little shopping. Well the list goes on and on. Would I feel "home" the same way I did couple of years ago or am I going to miss my "home"?

Air France

"This type of tragedy should give us all a lesson in humility and humanism," she said. "No one lives forever. We often forget that."

It was a totally full flight and a couple tried moving mountain and earth to get seats in it. But as fate would not have them perish that day, they were denied the seats. The woman grateful to be alive today talks an immense sense of timeless truth. Indeed in her own words, NO ONE lives forever and we often forget that.

I shudder as I try to imagine the 220 souls that perished in we know not what - fire? air? water? One of the elements for sure. yes they are relieved from the miseries of the world and let us hope they had a quick release at that, with no time to endure pain, fear or anxiety. God Bless their souls. And let the world realize life after all is a delicate bubble, floating in the air. And of course the bubble can burst anytime.