Be Who You Are

This is my son, Henry:

My son, Henry, participated in his first Christmas program at his preschool on Tuesday:

My son, Henry. 

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Back When:
2013: Sharing the 'Good News,' with a little excerpt from Walk the Line that relates to Ralph Waldo Emerson... "Or, would you sing something different. Something real. Something you felt. Cause I'm telling you right now, that's the kind of song people want to hear."
2012: The Third Candle: Joy, Mary's Candle (Poem)
2011: Swimming in Troubled Waters: Writing about Faith (The essay I refer to, "Underwater," was published by Relief not too long ago!)
2010: Mama and Papa Bear vs. Parents of Three-Year-Olds
2009: Baking Cookies, but the finished version of this poem makes a decent little YouTube clip:

2008: Pruning Burning Bushes: first poetry publication (also in Relief, ironically)

The Saddest Baby Ever

This is the face of a starving child. I cannot cook dinner fast enough.
On the menu tonight, bratwursts, steamed cabbage, cucumbers, and tomatoes.  Almost all homegrown around these parts.

And now I must waddle with a crying fifteen month old attached to my pants back to the stove.