Messy face
Bright eyes
Sticky hands
Crazy grin
Lick the spoon
And the bowl
How many licks?
Only Owl knows
Stomp in a puddle
Slide in the mud
Dance in the rain
Electricity above
Moment in time
Here and now
Embrace each moment
Then becomes now
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I bought a mango at the grocery a few days ago. Tonight, after removing the skin from the entire thing, I ate the fruit standing over the sink. It was nice and ripe: juicy. The juice ran down my chin. My hands got messy. It was so delicious, and I had the realization that there are some things we do that make us feel like a kid again. Growing up in NW Ohio, I never had a mango as a child. But I ate and experienced other things that trigger that feeling of abandonment and joy.
We need more of that in our lives.