tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553195567207048833.post2684702567545100314..comments2012-09-14T23:06:35.324-05:00Comments on BecomingAPerfectMom: My mini-bestfriendRavenmoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09563444850458797387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553195567207048833.post-35232112040088478352011-03-22T15:36:00.366-05:002011-03-22T15:36:00.366-05:00As I was tumbling with her on the bed I thought, I...<i>As I was tumbling with her on the bed I thought, I'm going to simply be here now and enjoy being present with her. That is all that matters. If either of us only has a short time left on the planet, I want both of us to spend it wrapped in as much love as possible.</i><br /><br />Talk about speaking the heart of "The Sacrament Of The Present Moment" (a 280-year-old text by a Jesuit priest, Jean-Pierre de Caussade). wow. <br /><br />Reading your words, now four months old, i am hearing Paul Anka across three-and-a-half decades singing "the laughter and the tears/the shadows of misty yesteryears/...remember, will you remember/ the times of your life..." These ARE the moments you will remember.<br /><br />About this, though...<br /><i>True love and one's actual vulnerability in the universe are experienced through having a child.</i><br /><br />...I don't argue for a minute that having a child is <i>one way</i> of experiencing that. But you might find <a href="http://ragarambler.blogspot.com/2009/09/just-something-to-consider.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> worthwhile reading. I have to get it added to the "defining posts" list. And reading the comments on that post remind me of the good and faithful friends I have found "on the way." Brought some tears - some good tears - to my eyes.<br /><br />Yours is a sacred trust. Eve's a lucky little lady.Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.com