woo hoo

watching Ryan sit next to Adalia, I was struck by the momentum
of life, the eternal forward motion of the reality we all take
part in...the physical aging and maturing
the mental and emotional growth
and the opening of our hearts and lives to include others
in a deeper way than we previously know.
as a four year old boy waking up to my grandmother telling me
that I had a new baby brother I was unsure of the future--
what it meant for me. Maybe I was worried I wasn't up to the
job of being a big brother-and I wasn't, for quite some time-
but I did my best, and my parents did their best-
and ryan did his best...and what that leads to-I think-
is the best lives we could have-with what we are given.
and what we make.
and today I can say that I would cross the world to be there for
him and my new sister...
of course I would have to make sure my wife was okay with it first!