Sunday, October 7, 2007

in the now

God is teaching me to be present. It's amazing how easy one can speed off into nostalgia of the past or mental meanderings of the future - one could get stuck in rewind or fast forward with no VCR needed. i'm making friends with the present. and someone who helps me is my mom. she has a knack for enjoying the moment. she's visiting my brother and their expanded family (+1 to their brood). the ever focused educational monster she is, my mom is teaching my niece addition. sidenote: my mom is also exercising her brain by taking counseling classes at a seminary back home. an example of a recent phone conversation:

me: how's it going with hannah?
mom: oh good, i'm teaching her addition.
me: that's cool, mom. is she picking it up?
mom: (
chuckling) yes, she's pretty good. but you know what? i sometimes say "addiction" instead of addition.

hope my niece doesn't go to school calling 2+2 "addiction."

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