Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still. - From the poem Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot
I have a full heart of things to share. But I'm not ready. Closer...closer...not quite there.
Ramona asked if I could please not close her door at night. Please don't close my door, mama. If you close my door, I will cry in my bed. These little things are a clue to me she is growing older. These little movements of fear and control. So, she sleeps with her door open and it's fine.
She sits on my lap while I rock her and I notice how her back is so long. I think about how big she will get.
The door is open. Ramona's door. My door. Things can breeze by us. We are missing things. We are catching things. We care. We do not care.