摸下巴的對話

在Facebook上遇到好久不見的好朋友，以下是喜好探索心靈的單身美女與前任單身美女現任新手媽媽的對話：

好友: dear how are you and the baby?

我: we are fine. she is doing her job - crying and I'm doing my job - trying to figure out why she cries.

好友: right now?

我: since she was born...

好友: it is not easy for a baby to be born in the world. She knows she will have a lot of challenges in front of her in the future, so she cries a lots.

我心裡發噱偷笑... Nooo... she cries because she wants to eat! because her diaper is soiled or because she just wants me to hold her!

但是我只是淡淡的回：yeah

好友: I'll pray for you and her

我: thank you my dear

最後她給我開示：be centered, be grounded, and nothing to blame on.

啊！我親愛的好友，妳的談話還是一樣充滿哲理又不落俗套，讓我這俗媽上了一課，Namaste!

One month - the letter from Chelsea's daddy

Dear Chelsea,

Today marks your one month arrival into this world. This has been a month full of your cries, and our joys. Your mom and I have striven our every effort to beg for a smile on your face, even just a smirk. Yet you often just gave us a look, the look that you have not properly trained us enough, and we ought to strive harder. We concur.

This has been the longest month, where your mom has spent almost all waking minutes attending your each and every need (i.e. milk, milK, MILK, MILKKKKKK!!!). This has been the shortest month, where your eyes just haven't opened long enough for everyone to adore at. This has been a month with no shortage of doubts, worries, breakdowns, and eye-bags. Yet this has indeed the most wonderful month, where your mom and I would not have spent it any other way; we genuinely cannot say the same for many previous months in the past, but look forward to saying this for each and all coming ones in the future.

Your always humble servant & occasional father

p.s. photo is Chelsea posting for Yoshitomo Nara, or more commonly referred to as "the look."