ramona had her school concert last week, and the kids sang "what a wonderful world." the music teacher invited the parents and grandparents and all the rapt audience members to sing along with their favorite first graders, and it was a moment of joy to sing with all those voices raised together in words of hope and compassion. and then we got to the part in the song that says "i hear babies cry, i watch them grow. they'll learn much more, than i'll ever know." and i lost my composure. in my folding chair in that old hot gymnasium, i cried. i cried, watching all these children, the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces of the people passing by. the people, singing in front of me, like a wonderful rainbow right here in my community. i cried knowing that it's true, these children will learn so much more than i'll ever know. they're all amazing. it is a wonderful world. you just have to know where to look.
i don't think ramona saw me crying (despite my front row seat), because she clearly had eyes only for desmond.
the next day, james and i were hit hard with illness. james puked the morning away, while i was certain i would perish of fever and throat pain. here is tiny james, passed out from all the puking and resting in the waiting room of my doctor's office while i awaited the results of my strep throat test (which was obviously going to be positive. i was miserrrrrrable.)
jamesy perked up enough to sit up straight later in the day at his own doctor's office, write his and his sister's names on the wall, and await his own strep test results (negative).
but we've also been swimming,
reading poetry (some reeeeeally high brow stuff, too)
and skiing
skiing,
skiing,
skiing when we can. this 55 km race in a month from now has me feeling TERRIFIED. who skis that far? why is that necessary? what are we doing?!?
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