Everything Changes
by
Matthew T. Lipson3.4 : Life Continues
The child who inaugurated the most significant and important change in my life is now standing on the edge of her own adulthood. I have had the privilege of watching her go through her own changes, as she has born witness to mine. In a sense we have grown and changed together. She, of course, unaware, as every child lives in the moment. An ideal all of us adults strive to do. Every day has been new to her. I remember the joy in her eyes when I purposely took her outside to experience rain. We had just finished dinner, and I stared out the window as the droplets passed by the street lamp in the parking lot of our condo. She couldn't have been one, so I picked her up and went outside. The trust she showed in me, as I held her in the gentle rainfall. Her eyes blinking with every raindrop that tickled her eyelashes. An infectious smile on her face. Every new thing she experiences, goes through still makes me smile the same as that evening in the rain. Every day, month, year is precious. I see that when I look at her and her sister, and I am overjoyed I have been allowed to be part of their journey. 
