Monday, August 16, 2010

rainbows

Posted by tumbleweedgirl at 3:41 PM


last week we had a storm. all through it, i kept thinking, "it's still July", that the summer is middle-aged and still ready to surprise me. it's August, mid-August, and the summer is getting positively creaky with the promise of fall.


so really, these storms shouldn't surprise me. even though we just don't normally get storms like this. random, wind-filled storms that send the rain horizontally through the fields to slam into our house. with the scarcity of storms, i keep wondering if the kids will get scared by them. i wonder if lia will get scared by them. zaya, i know has mostly grasped the wild wonder of a storm that breathes through our hot land bringing puddles.

i wasn't sure about lia, though. she loved it. all of its wild wild gusts, the rain that was so fat, it dripped like balls of cotton soaked before being tossed. i taught her the sign for rain, and for wind. she happily babbled her mandarin-sounding words at the storm and at me.



and after the storm, there were puddles. puddles for splashing, for jumping, for sitting in while enjoying another deeply whimsical rainbow. even when things are uncertain, i'm finding the good parts. each rain brings the wind, the water, and rainbows. the wind breaks the fields, the rain waters the grass, the rainbows feed our souls.

 

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1 comments:

Chris said...

These are the most precious pictures. Playing in puddles are some of my favorite memories with my daughter.

I admire your courage for being the advocate you are for Lia. I know it is not easy and I pray for you to continue to have the energy and perserverance to continue.

I hope you have more pudddle days!

August 19, 2010 4:39 PM  

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