today we went to the skate park and met suling and the cousins, as well as my visiting mom. two families from miles school met us also. there were skateboarders, pot smokers, homeless sleepers and other families hanging out. miles and his buddies paced around the park seriously discussing pokemon for hours while the two girl cousins were in their usual glued at the hip state. they decorated three rocks. one with flowers (the beautiful rock), one with garbage (the funny rock), and one with dead leaves and grass (the angry rock), all under the watchful eye of their grandma. we then ate at tasty's cajun food which is a block away from here and maya and her cousin held hands, shared chicken, and played in the planter box together. they sat on the same chair and cuddled. they really are especially close and happy together. i didn't have a cousin near my age, but i am seeing that for these two, a cousin is almost like a sister you don't have to live with.
miles also spent about a good half hour reading his little lulu comic book to his rapt little sister, which was unusual and very peaceful. i got to sneak out to the garden and planted a chilean guava shrub, weeded a little, and harvested more lettuce, tomatoes and mint.
i am trying not to stress about the new middle school uncertainties and not panic because miles could not do his chinese homework and i could not help him at all. breathe in 5 seconds, out 5 seconds, in five seconds, out five seconds. visualize the garden, and the happy girl cousins and the little lulu reading. it was a beautiful fall day.
maya told me the other day that meditation was "not thinking about anything in the whole, wide, world." she seems to know how to do it, too.
night night
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