My Juna, 22 Months Old Today

There is love in each of your ten little toes,
and it flows right up to your cute little nose,
and on the crown of your head it makes a halo,
which shines on me when you smile,
And there is love in each of your ten fingers,
and it reaches with your arms right up to the sky,
I know why your magic always makes me sigh,
because there is love where ever my sweet Juna goes.

An Apology To Juna

I am SICK today, SICK to my stomach... SICK in my heart... sick of hatred, INEQUALITY, racism, sexism, sick of being let down by my government, sick of believing in my fellow man and being disappointed, sick of people believing they have the RIGHT to dictate the RIGHTS of others, because they are "believers" or white or men or rich or in positions of power, sick of the focus of my country being on war and greed, instead of education and "liberty and freedom for ALL," sick of thinking how I will answer questions from my daughter about why we, as a society, are so screwed up, why our CONSTITUTION is still a LIE, why people hate and bully each other, why she or her friends can't get married, why some follow a GOD who they believe doesn't believe in equal rights. I am sick of HOLDING MY TONGUE to be polite when some are shouting and yelling that what other people are doing just isn't right, how did we get this far away from our hearts?

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Just One You, Just One Me

If I could choose
just one you and just one me,
you would be exactly who you are
and I would be, the way you see me,
you, perfect in your perfection,
and me, perfect in your perception,
so, I am growing and trying,
and failing sometimes to be
that person for you, as you are for me.

When They Are Ready, They Tell You

I am the kind of parent they call "accommodating."
I have taken cues from my daughter, believing, that she will tell me when she is ready for the next step, and at every step, she has.  For me, this takes a lot of patience and willingness to listen and wait.  I don't believe that anything needs to be forced.  Children are the most natural of beings... they do not lie, they do not deceive, they can not be spoiled, they can not be loved enough... and they know exactly what they need and when they need it, if we just listen and watch.  And just today, like many other days in this process of motherhood, I witnessed another example.

Lately, Juna's been a little reluctant to put on diapers, so tonight, I told her, "When you are ready to use the big potty like mama and dada, you won't need to wear diapers." She jumped off the couch, went into the bathroom and asked to get on the potty, which we did and she tried several times to go... then jumped off and checked, but apparently she didn't have to go... so then, she runs to the other bathroom, thinking, I suppose, that that was the magic potty that would make her go, and tried again. I think this girl just told me she is ready for potty training!

LOVE
There is nothing else.