december twenty-two

So the question gets asked this morning...

"Can it really be?"

Can I happily watch my child create
while washing dishes,
listen to Christmas music


and watch the snow begin to fall


outside the kitchen window?

Can a little tot of a girl create a puzzle about puddles and vapor and rain?


And paint another about canyons


and sleeping gorillas?

Can we really spend our days
nibbling on gingerbread houses

and making invitations for Tea -


on a plain old Tuesday?


Can we learn to spell and how to do research via Mario?

Does creating Stars


and Fancy Cakes


and Magic Reindeer Food


and beautiful garlands


(Mama's work)


(and then Baby's Work)

really count?

Can life and learning really look like


construction

and
bird watching?





What about tea parties?





And neighborhood explorations?



Do they count?



And what about friends

and friendly chaos

and decorating sugar cookies?

Can this really be?

Do I really get

-is it possible-

to live this life

with these souls

in this Love

and this Joy?

Yes.
The answer
is
"Yes."


Here then, friends....
To the Yes.