I've always loved this poem.

Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child,     
Listen to the DON'TS     
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS     
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-     
Anything can happen, child, 
ANYTHING can be

--Shel Silverstein

The 14 Billion Years It Took

Do you remember, at the start, how small everything was? Smaller than a point. Like everything was somewhere between a thought, almost, and a reality, almost. And then I looked at you and thought

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And then everything that would ever happen, happened.


--I wrote this for you.
8.16.10

"morning is not optional,
but waking is bravery."
--marty mcconnell