She’s coming home…

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Lady in Moon Light Illustration

The image has been
a counterweight to darkness.
Pitch Black.
Every Father’s nightmare.
I call it up. The image.
To block. To deflect.
Her sinewy silhouette shimmering against the moonlight.
Waves lapping her toes on the shore line.
Her eyes closed.
Wind gently rustling her hair.
A need to believe.
No.
A longing to feel.
Her at Peace.
That she is safe.
Today.
She’s coming home.

“Parental love, I think, is infinite…Not infinitely good, or infinitely ennobling, or infinitely beautiful. Just infinite…”
~ Adam Gopnik

29 thoughts on “She’s coming home…”

  2. Fantastic – on every level!! Chills on this end again, that feeling of holding your breath until you know, you hold and see your child. So happy that both your babes are back home for a while before they soar off again.

  3. Your love for your children and your eloquence in describing it leave me speechless. So happy that Rachel will soon be back in the nest. Enjoy….

      1. Good stuff! I’m sure Eric and Rachel are glad to see each other, too. I remember always being glad to be back home with my family after time away–there’s something so deliciously comfortable about it–like slipping on a pair of old sweats. Enjoy….

  7. Such love, such poignancy…beautifully expressed David. Your heart is overflowing with all that you feel for your children. Thank you for sharing this moment.

  10. Your eloquent description at the joy of your kids returning…makes me want to not let mine ever go… Just beautiful. She’s a lucky girl with you as her father.

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