Showing posts with label boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boys. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Dawn is Approaching

Being Silly
Last weekend Joe attended Cazadero Music Camp with a couple of hundred other 5th graders. On Sunday I drove up to see the concert they'd been working towards and to spend some "alone-time" with my son.

Joe and I had a good time together (with the caveat that he is a tween and goes from hating to loving me every 10 seconds.) We took lots of pictures.

Before bed on Sunday night (we stayed at Dawn Ranch Lodge - a gorgeous property about a half hour from camp Cazadero) Joe was inspired to write a poem. It's beautiful (if I do say so myself.)


The Russian River

The Dawn is Approaching 
by Joe Kesler (age 11)

Pulling the energy of life from the soil to the sky,
grooving to the very beat of the earth itself.
Each petal counting the days till dawn approaches.
For it is coming my friend,
it is.
Soon the soil will bloom,
Erupt,
EXPLODE!
Color rushes into the world.
The cold and harsh days of winter have faded my friend.
The flowers are coming.
The symbol of hope.
The dawn of the rainbow.
The end of the cold.
The sun is rising my friend.
It is almost here.
Petal by petal, the day awakens.
The new found life is almost here.
Away from the silence of the past.
The color of the world flow within the soil.
Soon my friend,
soon, the soil will break.
Endless beauty spills onto the world.
The dawn is approaching my friend.
The dawn of a new land.
The days of death are over.
It is almost here.
Colors of new and old are coming.
The cycle never strays.
The dawn is coming fast my friend.
A world of color is ahead.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Just Like That

While cleaning my office this week I came across a story that my son Joe wrote last year. I think it's worth sharing - particularly since he turned 11 last week.

Just Like That
by Joe Kesler

Hi, you'll probably need to know a little bit about me before I tell you my story. Well, I live in Berkeley, CA. I have a dog named Mo, and I'm eight years old. Oh, and my birthday is in nine days. Right now we are picking my grandparents up from the airport. My Grandpa is pretty nice, but likes to play jokes. Once he bought a fart machine and it started making some really nasty sounds! Who knows what he'll whip up this time! My Grandma is sweet, but a little too over protective. She always makes me wear a jacket and is constantly asking if I'm hungry. Oh look, There they are! Time for hugs and kisses!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Joe, happy birthday daaaaay toooo yoooouuuu. Now and forever I'm officially nine.

It's crazy. Just like that. I'm nine. nothing changed. I sat down deep in my own thoughts, not even listening to the whoopee cushion my grandpa had deployed. Just like that. I thought that when I turned nine I would be big and strong and ... You know what? None of that matters, the only thing that matters is that I'm happy! And I am big, I am strong ... in my heart .... Just like that.

Joe on his eleventh birthday.