I Found My Dream Girl
Last week on Veteran’s Day I was not scheduled to teach anywhere as most schools close for that day. I waited patiently as I watched my online schedule for any last minute additions. When 6 pm rolled around and nothing showed up, I made a snap decision to return to Yosemite Valley to catch the last bit of autumn color in the Valley.
I gather up my entourage of four kids and packed up a day lunch, water and some warm clothing and we hit the road. Four hours later we found our selves playing in the remnant snow at 6000 feet elevation around Crane Flat from the storm that passed through a few days earlier. Once the fingers on my children’s hands had sufficiently numbed we continued on our way dropping down in to the Valley. All four were now very excited to be in the mountains once again. As we rounded the bend on Highway 120 leading down to the first view of El Capitan and Half Dome, my youngest son suddenly exclaims, “I have found my dream girl!” With astonishment the rest of the kids look at him in wonderment asking what in the world he is talking about. I had an inkling about what he meant and then he clarified his statement to the rest confirming my thoughts.
He said “the Earth is a girl right? We do call her Mother Earth. She is beautiful. She never complains. She feeds us and gives us to drink. And she is always ready to accept us when we want to play. She is my dream girl”
Well my son, mine too…mine too.
Dream Girl
