Playing with a little bit of Play-Doh with the girls this morning reminded me of an important, but simple truth about life, especially after about 15 minutes into the play-time when Poppy said to me, "I just love playing Play-Doh with you and Willow." I knew exactly what she meant when she said that. It was more than the act of taking those different colors of soft, squishy and cool blobs of nothing and trying to mold them into something. And it was more than the fun of making a mess together knowing that it was perfectly acceptable to do so. And it was more than improving on manual dexterity skills and learning how to create images that marginally resemble real life figures. It was the soothing comfort and security of just being together without any other life distractions whatsoever. When everything else in life is set aside for the immediacy of now, as if there's no past or future, especially when you're in the presence of someone you love so much that you'd be willing to lay aside anything for them, then you're loving the bliss of the Play-Doh moments of life.
Here are some other quick updates on various members of our family: Austin's in Copenhagen, Denmark now after traversing what already seems like the four corners of the earth (click on blog link in lower right hand corner for more details). Annie just finished up another week at Mount Hermon, this time counseling one-on-one with a girl diagnosed with autism. I think this was a real challenge and a real treat for Annie, both at the same time. Barret enjoyed a great day @ Waterworld this week, but was unfortunately the victim of theft as someone broke into his (and his friends) locker and stole his wallet (with about $125 and his driver's permit in it) and his cell phone; a tough pill for him to swallow. Right now he's out with Victoria enjoying a breakfast together. Poppy and Willow are great, except that Willow's now come down with yet another virus. (She's got to build up that immunity system of hers.) Willow had a "well" check-up with the pediatrician yesterday and she seems to be doing fine, but hasn't gained one pound since we've had her. We also notice that her speech is very delayed, but we're confident that once she has her cleft palate surgery that her speech and weight gain will improve. Right now we're waiting for her echo-cardiogram appointment to pass (July 23rd) before we can schedule that surgery.
That's it for now. Enjoy the Play-Doh.
Tom
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