Tumbles

Chasing Tumble Weeds

This is just one of the tumble weeds that were created by the tornado that surprisingly hit the California Coast recently this year. Some of the tumble weeds were even larger. One time, after the tornado scare had been over, as my precious son and I walked to the market, we noticed that a tumble weed, that was left behind by the tornado, was tumbling ahead of us. My sweet boy decided to gleefully run after that tumble weed. I followed suit. What that lead to next was so beautiful. We decided to continue running, even after we overtook the tumble weed and spent a joyous moment of aw within that encounter. My son said, "Oh Mommy, let's keep running!" I said, "O.k., baby." And we ran and ran to market. To market to market to buy a fat pig. Home again, home again, jiggedy jig. He then gleefully bursts out with, "Let's never stop running! This is fun!". We kept on running together, enjoying every stride, but then, stopped, due to sheer exhaustion. We were left with sheer smiles on our faces, and joy in our hearts. And that is my memory. -SD