notes on the 3rd child and astral astrid surf projections...

IF CHILD 2 IS 180° FROM CHILD 1 IN BEHAVIOR,
HOW CAN CHILD 3 BE 180° FROM CHILD 2,
AND YET STILL BE NOWHERE NEAR CHILD 1...
DEGREES OF OPPOSITION... BEHAVORIAL ALGEBRA....
WHILST WASHING ASTRID'S HAIR THE OTHER MORNING,
WE HAD A FINE MOMENT...
THE FIRST TWO CHILDREN HATED GETTING WATER IN OR ON THEIR FACE...
WASHING OF HAIR WAS SURE TO BRING ON....
THE CONNIPTION... hmm, that's one of those words, that while typing it you realize you have no clue how to spell it, or if it's even a real word...
ANYHOW, PARENTS KNOW THE HYSTERICAL FITS OF WHICH I SPEAK...
SO, ASTI'S READING "MIMI'S TOES" IN HER LITTLE BLUE BABY TUB,
AND I TRY TO JUST EASE INTO THE HAIR WASHING, ALL SLY AND ALL...
NO NEED, IL DUCE DADDY...
SHE JUST GOES ON READING...
NON-EVENT IN HER BOOK...
CAN THIS BE...
I MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO KEEP WATER FROM HER FACE...
SHE MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO FEND IT OFF...
"GOOD GIRL" I MURMUR SOFTLY....
SHE TURNS AND LOOKS AT ME, SMILING...
A DROP OF WATER FALLS FROM BROW TO LASH TO CHEEK...
IN THAT DROP OF WATER I AM TRANSPORTED TO OUR FUTURE...
SHE'S JUST CAUGHT HER FIRST REAL WAVE...
THE ONE WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER,
AND GETTING TO YOUR FEET BECOMES A MEMORY EXERCISE...
NOW SHE'S FREE TO NOTICE THAT WAVE WALLING UP IN FRONT OF HER, FEELING IT'S WAY DOWN THE REEF...
THAT LIQUID CANVAS OF THE HEART AND BODY....
SHE'S BEEN LET INTO THE PLAYGROUND OF PURE ENERGY...
GO AHEAD, SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR SOUL...
ALL TRACES OF YOU ARE WASHED AWAY IN AN INSTANT...
WHAT A PERFECT LESSON IN THE MOMENT....
SHE WEIGHTS AND UNWEIGHTS, RISES AND FALLS, DRIVES AND STALLS...
SHE PAINTS THE LINES SHE SEES ON THE FACE OF THE WAVE,
AND KICKS OUT OVER THE SHOULDER AT THE END OF THE RIDE,
NOT IN CONTROL, BUT IN BALANCE... fights between these two will come later, but that doesn't matter now...
SHE PADDLES BACK TO WHERE WE LIKE TO SIT...
AND WAIT...
SITTING UP ON HER BOARD, SHE SMILES WORDLESSLY...
A DROP OF SUN DRENCHED SALTWATER FALLS,
FROM BROW TO LASH TO CHEEK...
THE THIRD CHILD IS THE WATER CHILD, METHINKS.....................
ALOHA,
ERIK

AND YES, MY KIDS ARE GONNA ROCK THE FUCKING SPELLING BEE, PEEPS!!!!
CONNIPTION IS A WORD, AND I SPELLED IT RIGHT!!!!
BOO-YAH DAWG...........
GEOGRAPHY 2 MOFOS!!!!
MUCH LOVE.........................................