I love this poem by e.e. cummings. I’ve included it here, below, in honor of Valentine’s Day this past weekend and dedicated to Easy.
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
=============================================
Olin and D made dozens of Valentine cards at one of our weekly homeschool gatherings…for each other!
Quinny and Emmy made pine cone bird feeder “Valentines.”
We took Emmy (and Olin) to Chuck E. Cheese as her 3rd birthday present.
D loved this “roller coaster” video ride.
We had such a good time with our friends!
Declan drew pictures for Easy (Quinn’s holding a dog picture, he’s holding a heart pic) and showed them to him as part of our good-byes before Easy died.
