sweetly sleeping

dear lukas leon,

I can't believe you are only 2 and change, 32 months, 3 in January.
I feel like I've been with you forever
but also
not

new layers shed
petals grow

wild
to know you
every single day of life

boy
monkey
lion

Pressing Election questions

Did John McCain's wife have her babies out of her vagina or did she have to cut her belly?
Did Barack Obama's wife have her babies out of her vagina or did she have to cut her belly?

Does John McCain have any children? Boys or girls? What are their names? How old are they?
Does Barack Obama have any children? Boys or girls? What are their names? How old are they?

Does John McCain have any pets?
Does Barack Obama have any pets?

Birth

So Luna asks me intensely the other day: How did I get out of your belly? The look on her eyes told me, "don't play ma, what is the story lady?" And so I said "You came out my vagina?" "Oh. But don't some people they have to open their stomach?" And so I went on to explain a C-Section and there were 9 million questions. How do they cut it? Who cuts it? Does it hurt ? And on. The odd, funny maybe deep thing about the whole conversation was that she really had little to no questions about vaginal birth. As if it sounded like the most normal thing in the world. As if why would anyone think it'd ever be too early to tell me that?