Wow. So much around children. Being one and then being with them. A month ago I volunteered for a community project where a lot of people showed up (Covid Shots). There was a young mother that wasn't in line for shots but was there in support of older family (grandma and grandpa would be my guess). Anyway she had a child just the right age that she was walking around in the shade holding the little girls hands above her. I'll bet that little girl is walking on her own by now...
That story with the dolphins is just cool beyond all words. And you had your bff there to backstop the story! Just about as cool as can be on several levels.
Thanks Joan!
Children are reminders of our growing older, the future generation to carry on, love how hungry they are for knowledge using all their senses, the funniest is speech, out the mouths of babes...
In a million years I could not have wished for a better friendship during growing up, we both had a passion for swimming, animals, cycling, dancing and did much together, safe in each others company. We still keep contact, although he know lives on another continent, happily married to his long time partner.