randomness

July 11, 2007

randomness

it feels as though there is so much randomness that comes along with parenting small children.
some of it is so maddening. the sudden storm clouds of anger bursting out of what seems like nowhere. the dramatically expressed disdain for previously beloved foods that materializes only after hopeful quantities have been purchases in bulk.
but there is the other kind of random too, the delightfully arbitrary, the stuff that's totally illogical and sweet.
for instance:

a pair of child's purple suede shoes, soaked through with salt water, holding small handfuls of crumpled rose petals. i love finding things like this.

the air is so soupy, muggy, salty and thick today. humid enough to make a year old play dough cupcake all soggy and soft. those shoes, worn while splashing though tide pools, have little hope of drying out today. neither does my yarn, but we are doing our best.