The Certainties of Life
I've been here awhile and the only thing I'm certain of is that life is about love. I waited a long time before having my daughter--wasn't even sure I wanted children, the time was never right, I still had so much to do--but I knew in my heart that I needed one. And my heart was right.
She is the constant source of love that keeps me focused. Children really are blessings--all of them--and I give thanks daily that I have my blessing.
My mother, Isabel and I spent a wonderful day at Muir Beach. Aside from a very bad beagle eating our lunch, the day was perfect.
Isabel's been to the beach before--but she never knew that you could play 'you can't get me' with the waves. She loved it. Taunting the ocean with her laughter. I could kiss her right now!
As I watched my mom and Isabel together, I thought about my relationship with my mother. We've had our 'grains of sand'--the irritants that cause bad attitudes and stand between total acceptance. We've had our 'salty' times-- when you couldn't say the right thing and didn't want to try. And we've had our 'chasing waves' days--the missed opportunities to talk heart to heart. But those moments wash out of our lives as easily as the waves receding from the beach, and they become part of the bigger picture again--the whole picture where we see more than the hard moments--we see the love that has spanned the vastness of our lives and I realized that the love I have for my daughter is the same love I have for my mother.
It was a perfect day.
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