“if i jump to that tree in ten hops, i win”
04 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in fun fun fun! Tags: five, fun, little girl, love, swings, teeter totter
do you remember being a five-year-old? wasn’t everything a game? i remember, my brother and i used to play “pillows”. he would lay on my stomach, as if i was his pillow, and after five seconds, i’d run away, and he’d chase me around the house.
yesterday, i got to the kids’ park with the intention of swinging. couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend thought me how to swing. i didn’t quite realize that i can do this all by myself, but now that i do know, i take every opportunity to try to reach the highest possible place, even though i’d be screaming all the way.
there were many kids in the park, so after insuring that none of them want to get on a swing, i sat down next to this little girl.
“what’s your name?” she asked me right away.
“marina,” i said. “what’s yours?”
“my name is anastasia,” the little girl said gleefully. “is that your mother?” she asked, pointing to my long haired boyfriend that is a bit older than me.
i laughed. “no, that is my friend,” i said.
“are you a little girl?” anastasia asked with real interest in her voice and right away called her grandpa to push and swing her higher.
“yes, i suppose i still am a little girl…”
“i am five years old. how old are you?” she was eager to find out all the information about me she possibly could.
“i am twenty-one,” i said.
“is that a lot?” she asked, and not waiting for an answer she said “that is a lot more than five.”
i laughed. she laughed. we continued swinging. she kept calling her grandpa to swing her higher.
we got off the swings and went on a teeter-totter.
“okay, we can only play on the teeter totter when the this traffic light is green,” anastasia gave me the rules of the game while pointing at the traffic light behind. i said that was okay, so we waited for a traffic light to turn green.
up-down-up-down-up-down, her grandpa told me not to push her all the way and not to do it fast, but she had her complaints about that. “faster and higher, but only when the light is green,” she kept saying.
than we just went walking around the park, looking for new rides. since nothing interested her, she said, “i will hop to that tree. if i do it in ten hops, i win.”
i laughed to myself. that is indeed pure joy. pure game. homo ludens in its best. she impressed me.
ah, it’s gotta be so good to be five!
i met Almond girl today…
10 Feb 2010 2 Comments
in fun fun fun! Tags: fun, kids, laughter, love, special needs
…and she was amazing!
i do not remember talking to a girl that articulate who is still in elementary school. she wants to be a politician and change the society we live in. she knows about life and loss. she knows about love. she knows about forgiveness. and she knows how to read, but only in braille. and can she ever! oh, my god, watching that girl read was one of the most incredible, unbelievable moments of my entire life!
so, Almond girl has friends. her friends are like her, too. some of them can’t walk, some of them can’t see, some of them have other physical disadvantages, but all of them are capable of love! and boy, do they love a lot!
i am an asmyle alumni, and our project was to activate elementary school kids. two wonderful girls thought it would be a good idea to take board games and sweets and goodies to the kids who study at the special needs school. thirty of them live in a building right next, they are mostly from out of town, some even from out of country.
we went inside with all the bags and the principal introduced us. we started unpacking, and they were thanking us. the smiles on their faces were precious, full of joy.
the music blasted off, and they started dancing, spinning around, singing out loud, the whole nine yards! i was excited! i was ecstatic!
blowing bubbles!
i sat down and talked to the future lawyer girl. she liked puzzles. thanked me for bringing puzzles. “you are most welcome! hope you solve them all!” i said. she wants to go to law school and maybe study abroad. very good! you should. there are so many people not wanting to do it! brave future lawyer girl.
sat down with the angel girl and one of the project girls. they were talking music. i can talk music too. so we talked music. was super fun. angel girl also reads braille. they went later to write down some lyrics. she likes music.
i went to find my other project girl and saw she was in Almond girl’s bedroom, reading braille. “that is so fascinating!” i almost yelled. it was. i cannot believe someone can actually read something like that! do you know how complicated it is?! wow!
so we hung out. talked. had fun. for about two hours.
then we exchanged phone numbers. we shall see them soon again.
all the love,
Can you say “Gleek”?! :D
21 Nov 2009 7 Comments
in fun fun fun! Tags: fun, funny, glee, love, music, show
and how fast can you say “crazed” ? cuz that is what i am right now!
ok, i confess, i am easily impressed. maybe a little to easily 
but that is what makes me what i am, right. i like watching stuff on tv. it relaxes me.
but GLEE? Oh, wow!
i LOVE GLEE! i cannot explain the feeling. damn, i am 20 years old, and here i am like some kind of a high school girl or elementary school kid drooling over twilight, or whatever they drool about these days. here i am, complete junkie for glee music and tv show.
you have to give me some credit here, the songs are GLORIOUS! did you hear defying gravity?! oh, my god! i was walking to school with my boyfriend today, played that song over my phone and was spinning in circles! it is THAT good! and he just laughed. he always says he is impressed by how easily impressed i am. and how energetic i can be!
and this just makes me wanna jump around and DANCE all the time! or just smile while i am probably butchering a couple of notes.
but that is okay, too!
so, yes, i did go completely crazy about some tv show, and i REFUSE to grow UP! there. it’s THAT good!
all the love!
