I was reading something this past month, and I came across the word ebullient. In its context, the writer was surely meaning enthusiastic, but there was something about that word – a word I had not stumbled across in ages – that made me think of you. I thought of it again when I…
Category: letters to my loves
nine and a half
It’s funny to watch your sister watch you. I try to get a photo of your new milestone, this extra half year, so that I can see how you wore it and remember these days. You dove towards the cake you just finished icing and she immediately followed suit, her eyes never leaving your face…
where she earns her "and-a-half"
Oh how do I describe you in words on a page, words that are static and unmoving, when every ounce of you dances, even when still? You have beguiled us all. We navigate your impetuous waters with delight; even the flashes of temper and foot stomping stubbornness are enjoyable to watch, though we desperately try…