For the once and future little girls...
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Part of my day is spent taking care of children. As some of you know by now, a very cool little boy named Colm used to grace me with his presence. His parents finished school last week, so he no longer would be coming on a regular basis. So here I was, bummed out wondering what shit job I would search for out there in the real world with my useless psychology degree, having decided that maybe I wouldn't look for another child to care for. Then I get a call the day after Colm's last day from a mother frantically looking for someone to take care of her daughter. Of course daycares have long waiting lists, as I'm sure they do everywhere. She had seen an old ad I put up in a grocery store back in the Fall. I wasn't expecting any calls at this point. So this week I met Cassandra. She is three and a half. As soon as we came in the door she spied my guitar and I asked if she'd like to hear me play. She was transfixed. Then I brought her upstairs and showed her my bass, and turned on the amp. She wanted to play too, so we started "making music", and she kept wanting to switch back and forth. She dug it. And she has an attention span, imagine! Then I sang for her. Now she is always asking to "make music", and asking for me to sing. Well, this is awfully heart-warming, to say the least. There are so many cool little things she says and does, all very poetic and touching. We also like to put my ipod on shuffle and dance in the kitchen, on the porch, where ever. She is a big fan of spinning around, laughing all the while. Today she demanded that I play my bass ("LOUD!")and sing while she spun and ran around the room. My kind of girl, unbelievably so. What kind of luck do I have? This afternoon we were dancing in the kitchen, but she wanted me to lift her up and hold her while we danced. We spun for awhile, looking at each other and laughing. Then Doll Parts came on. I slowed down and swayed, and sang along softly. She put her head down on my shoulder, and when we get to the "someday you will ache like I ache" part, I'm overcome with such a tender sadness beyond my puny words, thinking of the little girl I was, that we all were, ladies.I held her tight. We can never hold each other tight enough.
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