Ain't no mistake about it

She’s not quite eighteen months. But she has ruled her space since her arrival. Obviously tenderly protected until she was growing enough to make her needs more clearly expressed. Like watching a seed breaking through ground, watching and wondering what divine form will take shape.

So here she is. Powerful in her not even twenty pound frame. Making known all her likes and dislikes instantly. Fearlessly. Fearlessly expressing her fears. Letting the world know what does not sit well with her. The process of domestication in this world will surely take a hold on her, as it does with all of us, and she will become accustomed to those things that do not sit well with her. And she will become less outspoken about her wants and needs.

But for now she squeals with delight. Imitating throwing back her head in laughter already as I laugh with her. Leaping on top of me to give me incredible bear hugs coming from her tiny frame. For now she won’t go to sleep unless she is snuggled safe on my side. For I am the chosen one. She also frowns her face in anger, contorting her eyebrows to express her displeasure of what's in front of her. At times bawling for not getting her way. Until distracted and soothed, redirected to a different point of interest. She still runs and hides behind my legs from the world that comes at her in grotesquely large shapes and unknown noises. It’s inherent. Passed on through her mother from her lineage. The world is our wonderland, people are characters of either dreams or nightmares to us. We don’t take easily to anyone placed in our journey and wondrous discovery of life. And love.

Watching her candidness about who she is gratifies me. It’s an eye opening reminder that we are each unique in our divine creation. That we each have the God given purpose to take up our space and contribute to the world exactly what we came here for. As our individual selfs. Make no mistake. God does not make mistakes. Contrary to popular belief. And I have the inexplicable reason to believe that out of the people she could have taken a liking to, she picked me as the chosen one to help her remain as uninhibited in a world that tries to suppress our divine spirits.