"Open Your Hands, Here Is Some Light"

May 30, 2018 2:29 PM

Every evening when the sun starts to set, my daughter picks me a bouquet of light. The front door of our house is glass-paned, so she crouches in front of it, where lines of sun are drifting across the wood floor. She pretends to scoop something up — the motion very much like picking a flower — and then runs to me with empty hands. "Here is some light," she says, matter-of-factly.
posted by Johnny Wallflower (6 comments total)

This is lovely. Thank you.
posted by KleenexMakesaVeryGoodHat at 3:20 PM on May 30, 2018 [3 favorites]

wow. this is really amazing.
posted by supermedusa at 3:22 PM on May 30, 2018

I've reread it a couple of times and it hits me hard every time. So good.
posted by not_the_water at 3:41 PM on May 30, 2018

This is so beautiful. Thank you.
posted by chatongriffes at 4:35 PM on May 30, 2018

Aw man, this is yet another thing that brought tears to my eyes this week. (My phone wanted to say, "years to my eyes," and that too.) I love this.
posted by limeonaire at 10:09 PM on May 30, 2018 [2 favorites]

Yes, the worry that a beautiful child will inherit the debilitating depression is the worst part of living with depression.
posted by waving at 7:05 AM on May 31, 2018 [4 favorites]