Thursday, September 22, 2011

Clarity that wasn't there yesterday

Dearest Taeya,  We just have a handful of things left to wait for before I can travel now.  I feel as though I am so close to you like if I opened my eyes wide enough I could see you.  I look at the last picture of you differently now.  It's like I see you in a clarity that wasn't there yesterday.  I look at the shape of your hands.  I look at the pretty little teeth in your mouth.  I look at your perfect eyes that look like a crescent moon when you are smiling super big like you seem to do a lot.  I am starting to think about the sound of your laugh.  Like can I hear it in the picture??  I can almost hear you speaking Chinese to me.  I can almost hear myself answer you in Chinese.  I wonder if you know of us yet.  I wonder what you are doing right now.  Is someone holding you?  Is someone telling you they love you? I went to the store today and bought the simplest of things - a toothbrush.  It was so simple that it hit me hard.  You are coming soon.  I can go to China soon to get you.  I can go to China soon.  Soon I will know the sound of your voice in my ears.  Soon I will know the smell of your breath when you talk to me really close.  Soon I will know what it feels like to have you reach for my hand as we are walking somewhere.  I will soon know what all those cute little facial twitches you do look like up close.  I will get to see you do that really cute blink you do with your eyes. I will get to smell your hair and touch it.  I can gently pull your hair back from your face and tuck it behind your ears.  I can read you a story.  I can kiss you goodnight and hold you until you fall asleep...  soon...

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