Could there be anything more joyous than a little baby's smile? Ella laughs without sound when she looks at my face when she wakes up from a nap. She laughs when I sing to her or talk to her in a silly voice. She also smiles at the dog, who is totally oblivious of what all the fuss is about.
Ella doesn't know there is evil in the world yet, doesn't know there are bad people, pedophiles, people you love betraying you and talking behind your back. She's not aware there are tsunamis and nuclear arms to be scared of. She does not know the sorrow humans can suffer, the burdens they carry, the worries that keep them awake at night. She has no notion of past or present, no regrets nor fear of what's to come.
When she smiles it is the purest joy you can get.
I feel so privileged to be able to witness this.
Ella doesn't know there is evil in the world yet, doesn't know there are bad people, pedophiles, people you love betraying you and talking behind your back. She's not aware there are tsunamis and nuclear arms to be scared of. She does not know the sorrow humans can suffer, the burdens they carry, the worries that keep them awake at night. She has no notion of past or present, no regrets nor fear of what's to come.
When she smiles it is the purest joy you can get.
I feel so privileged to be able to witness this.
Lin
