A Wave Return to the Ocean

Picture a wave in the ocean, you can see it... measure its height, see the light shining off of it, it's there. But then it crashes on the shore and it's gone, but the water is still there. The wave is just a different way of the water to be for a little while, but the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from where it's suppose to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1IchzbtNj0

The Giving Tree

We've been reading you the book The Giving Tree. At first it sounds like a story about a boy and a loving tree. But it is really a metaphor about how a parent give some much of themselves to their children. I hope one day after you are grown up you'll come visit me like the tree stump. You don't have to do anything. Just sit and rest a while.

Always be yourself

If there is one thing you should realize, it that you will be happiness if you try to be yourself, and not what you think other people want you to be. Your worth as a person does not come from how pretty you are, how high a score you get on a test, or how well you can dance.

Joy of life

You probably are dreaming about how you want to grow up more quickly. But remember all of that comes with more complications. I see you today on how much joy you get out of the simple pleasures. A balloon. A toy bucket. Try to remember to grow up, but don't grow old.

Fasteners

You really like opening and closing buttons, zippers... You can spend over 30 mins on a single jacket

Full of Color

I wanted to post that I really like your crayon drawings... where you have no reservations filling up the entire page with a riot of colors. When I drew as a child, I also only filled up a tiny bit of the space on the paper... I think I was always afraid to "finish" a drawing/painting because that might show some deficiency or imperfection. I think this lack of commitment was limiting me in some regards - so I'm glad that you don't have this worry now... and hopefully still don't have it when you read this. One of the most important things in life is giving it you all.. and being willing to publicly fail in the short term.

Dylan Days

Now that Dylan is out, I've been making extra care to spend 30-60 mins with you (just the two of us, without Marlowe or Dylan). As a not-quite two year old (3 more months) you have a lot of stamina, walking with me halfway around our neighborhood block to investigate the world.