Kids

December 17kids,dancing,rt,tori,photo by brooke allen

I am thankful for kids. Kids always have a brutal honesty and aren't generally as uptight as adults. They know how to have fun. I love kids of all ages. I enjoy watching them learn new things - the love of learning is so evident in them. And for that reason, I enjoy watching them grow up and seeing them realize their potential, and sometimes, if you're fortunate, help them get there.

This photo is of myself and Tori, my nephew Jessie's five year old step daughter. We were dancing at the Brew Unto Others Coffee House at our church last Friday. Tori's mom, Brooke, took this photo of us using my camera. Good picture, Brooke!

Here's a poem on this subject that I wrote for a project Anne Wolfe and I are working on:

When I Look in the Mirror

When I look in the mirror

I know I’m all wrinkled and gray

I know a few years

have gone by the way

But when I look in my brain

don’t you know

I see a little kid

who forgot to grow

I see a kid

who’s work is really play

He likes to imagine

and to write for his pay

So let me keep pretending

and stay young at heart

I’ll keep a blind eye out

and forget the age part

When they say I am elderly

I look at them and scold

I tell them I’m young, not aged

I’m only kid-ty years old.

© rt tulley