my lifetime and i have been on video chat for the better part of this morning. you see, we have a 5-hour difference between us, but what's amazing is that we are tireless in finding time to be 'together,' which i know is crucial, in all sense of the word.
around 9:00 o'clock earlier, she gave me the heads up that she's sleepy and i told her to head to slumber and that i will be right here looking at her and will maybe do some writing. given the narcoleptic that i am, it took less than 10 minutes for me to doze off and sleep 'beside' her. i woke up less than an hour ago and i was staring at the last few posts on this blog and was hit in the face by something.
jona 'did' give me a book. so sorry about that. i was looking at my shelf and i suddenly remembered that my wife handed me an edition of anne rice' 'the claiming of sleeping beauty' a few months ago. i know it was something she got from e-bay and i actually lost my copy about two or three years ago. it was published by plume, an imprint of the dutton signet publishing house.
around 9:00 o'clock earlier, she gave me the heads up that she's sleepy and i told her to head to slumber and that i will be right here looking at her and will maybe do some writing. given the narcoleptic that i am, it took less than 10 minutes for me to doze off and sleep 'beside' her. i woke up less than an hour ago and i was staring at the last few posts on this blog and was hit in the face by something.
jona 'did' give me a book. so sorry about that. i was looking at my shelf and i suddenly remembered that my wife handed me an edition of anne rice' 'the claiming of sleeping beauty' a few months ago. i know it was something she got from e-bay and i actually lost my copy about two or three years ago. it was published by plume, an imprint of the dutton signet publishing house.
i think i have told her about losing this book because of my stupidity once, and i understand that it took effort to look for a copy just like the one she handed to me. and as i have said, she doesn't really pick books for me because i like reading all different sorts of literature, however, i do know that my passion for reading is enough for my wife to remember the ones that i do like.
there was this time when i told jona why i started building my own little library - i said that it's in preparation for influencing our child when we do adopt. i want to make sure that rohan would have access to these materials - books i didn't have the chance to read when i was growing up because back then my family didn't have much and i usually get them as present from my ate mater during birthdays and christmases.
i mean, i know that reading anne rice is not for the faint of heart. what i do want to develop in our child is the appreciation for the written language. jona and i would kid about giving rohan a huge trouble - we'd imagine that in a few years, we would see her staring at this huge bookshelf - half of which would have medical books, and the other half, the stuff that i would usually read.
there was this time when i told jona why i started building my own little library - i said that it's in preparation for influencing our child when we do adopt. i want to make sure that rohan would have access to these materials - books i didn't have the chance to read when i was growing up because back then my family didn't have much and i usually get them as present from my ate mater during birthdays and christmases.
i mean, i know that reading anne rice is not for the faint of heart. what i do want to develop in our child is the appreciation for the written language. jona and i would kid about giving rohan a huge trouble - we'd imagine that in a few years, we would see her staring at this huge bookshelf - half of which would have medical books, and the other half, the stuff that i would usually read.
i told my wife that it does not matter what course or path our daughter would like to take on when she grows up. what counts is that she gets as educated as she could - that she would keep an open mind about anything and everything. that books are there for her imagination and consideration - and possibly, they are there too for her to pursue.
so yes, mahal - i slowly have dealt with the idea that rohan might have an inclination in the medical field just like her mom. and i don't suppose there's anything better than that. she could be a dentist and still love pablo neruda, or for this matter, get engrossed in the sleeping beauty tales as written by a.n. roquelaure.
so yes, mahal - i slowly have dealt with the idea that rohan might have an inclination in the medical field just like her mom. and i don't suppose there's anything better than that. she could be a dentist and still love pablo neruda, or for this matter, get engrossed in the sleeping beauty tales as written by a.n. roquelaure.
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