Tonight the rain and thunder are covering up the sounds of the Bayfront Blues Festival. I hope that this is not an event that Lillie will enjoy when she is older. I will, of course, try to introduce her to as much music as possible, but a whole festival of Blues? It seems so redundant, Like a meal of different breads.
Lillie is sleeping and has not been disturbed by the weather. She sleeps with a blanket over her on the cooler summer nights, and wakes up asking for equal parts "mama" and "elmo". I am not her #1 or 2 request, but believe I rank somewhere near the top, maybe after "me eat" but before "down".
Right now I want to shelter her and keep her away from so many things, the same things that we all say made us better people, or stronger, or tested us. That is all crap. A lot of stuff hurts and I don't want that for her.
