this picture is hatsune chan who has been on my mind recently. i miss this little lady. we used to sing and play together, and i was "Barker teacher" at English class. how can you not be charmed by that wink and smile?
today, i played soccer on the sunny, soggy grass with a handful of law students and a flock of fifth-graders. i was so happy after that little bit of exertion, my heart sang a hymn to youth. how subtle those experiences are when we get to interact with children and experience their innocence once again... and feel free of care... and to think - i was once a child too... so why do we see them as a whole different subset of the population now? what changes occur that make us cease to "make-believe" and instead begin to doubt? i think i've forgotten too much what it was like to be a kid. do they know they bring joy and vibrance with them?
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i want to adopt an asian kid.
'the beautiful game' with some beautiful kids...sounds like a pretty good day to me. and what a little angel there in your picture! cool.
And thus our journey is learning to become, once again, like little children. Sometimes it's hard...sometimes it's easy. I feel like a little kid when I hang out with you and Dallin! Ha! The pool brings it out too. That girl in your picture is adorable.
my slow wits were not keen enough to pick up on the hymn referred to in this entry until we sang 'carry on' in church, and i said to myself, 'oh yeah!' nice one Jana.
Hatsune is such a doll
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