Friday, February 11, 2011

Observing life's joys

Last Saturday our weather in Burlingame was roughly 70 degrees Fahrenheit, lovely as a summer day. My friends Toby, his sister Sheila and her two children and one nephew, Charley, Georgia and Spencer dropped in for lunch and play. While Toby, Sheila and I worked on refreshing flower pots, the kids ran around the yard, and discovered that I have a secret door under my house which leads to a cellar. They peered through a little window that looks into the cellar and asked if they could go see. Joe, my boyfriend went and got the key and guided then into this small room, where once inside, you can actually stand. They played, laughed and found ways to crawl under my house. After at least an hour of fun, they emerged hungry for lunch and wanted only the ice cream which of course Joe served happily. After ice cream they were thirsty and we gave them coke in a bottle, which was also new to them. They happily gulped down the cokes while sitting joyfully on the front porch. Then when it was time to go home, I walked with Toby and the kids to their grandma's house a little less than 1 mile away. The kids chatted, Toby and I had a fun conversation about life, we safely made it across the rail road tracks Toby and I holding each of Georgia's little hands. Georgia was scared and she was happy when she and her brother Charley and cousin Spencer also make it safely across. Then we reached a place on our walk with a small grassy hill and the kids raced up so they could tumble down, you know what we used to do when we were kids. They needed no toys or "stuff" to play with that day, only the eyes to see and the wisdom to play. Life's joys are before us, open your eyes to see and go out and play.