Robin is learning to say “hi,” and she appears to enjoy it immensely. This is a good way to start the day.

She is just over one year old, and seems to have that inner glow. Like me and her mother, I think she loves her life very much. She has the gift of making people smile, I hope she keeps it and is allowed to let it grow.

I see an inner radiance in her that seems to be genuine and very real.

I’m going to New York Sunday to see Robin, it’s been a few months, and my daughter Emma is good to keep prodding me when it’s time. Maria’s not coming, I’m taking the train, leaving in the morning, coming back at night, a one-day visit.

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Emma was suggesting I stay over for one or two nights, but that’s not in the cards right now, we just have too much going on and the Open House, which is very exciting this year, is just a couple of weeks away.

I am still mindful of boundaries and realities, it isn’t that I don’t love Robin, I just respect the space that is between us and is like to remain there. I’m at peace with where we are, and am much enjoying her evolution, and appreciating how much Emma keeps me in mind.

People are always wanting more, and sometimes urging me to want more, but that is not who I am or where I am.  Acceptance is a seminal part of my life now, and I am grateful for what I have. If more comes, great. If this is what I have, I am happy with it.

In think in our country, we are trained to want more, need more, buy more. As I grow older, I want less, need less, buy less. Robin and I are good. I think I’ll send her a “hi” message back on my Iphone.

I don’t have time to buy Robin presents, I went on Amazon and had some shipped to her, they might not arrive before I do. I am picking up a dress for her at the Artisan’s Market here.

I love the train ride from Albany to New York,  it goes along the Hudson and I have some good books to read. It’s a peaceful time for me, I meditate, sleep and read. I’ll be in New York a short time and have lunch with Robin and Emma, and Jay if he’s available, then perhaps take a walk with them and head back.

I’m excited to see Robin, and grateful that she has connected me with Emma in this new way.