El Nino's Big Adventure

Tia A gave el a "baby book" to write down interesting items, particularly about the first year of his life. There is a page for mom (and one for dad) to write a letter to el which I did last night. I wrote that I have one wish that I wish when I have the good fortune to be near a Buddhist prayer wheel or when I happen by a penny-filled fountain. I wish for a long, healthy, and happy life for el. Any other wishes seem minute in comparison to that wish.

I had many dreams of what I would do in this life, many wishes. And as I age (and mature, hopefully) it doesn't make me feel bad that I did not do any of those things. On the contrary, they seem rather silly from this vantage point in life. Now I am much more interested in being rather than doing - being wholly and fully myself, free from thoughtless patterned behavior, flowing through life loving and caring for myself and others. This approach to life has brought me much contentment. I strive less, appreciate more.

So el does not have a movie star mother or a presidential father. Rather he has parents who move through life simply, who endeavor not to inflict harm, and who venture to be kind. We are a work-in-progress.