Sweet little Mishka --
I was at the zoo today with the children and there you were: gangling legs, you could barely walk, yet you stood taller than I!
What were you thinking when you saw us all pointing as we gaped at you? You stood leaning quietly against your mama as you took us all in... I am beginning to wonder which side of the fence was truly on display? (Perhaps it was us with our silly hats, bright colored shoes, climbing and jumping off benches, shrieking and running around!)
There was something about seeing you today that made me feel at peace knowing that while it does not appear so from our point of view, life truly is just a brief moment in time. It is delicate and fragile and fleeting, yet could be magnificent if we let it be so.
You won't stay little for long, Mishka (not that 6' tall and 190# is very "little"...), and the next time we meet you will have become so noble that it will be hard to remember that not so long ago you were unsteady and uncertain as you made your way through the world.
Lizzy
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