I am still in awe, at the beauty, the reality, and the complexity at what it means to live with Charis. She's not mine. I do not own her. I sure feel responsible to care for her, but in no way do I feel like I made her, or am entitled to her or anything like that.

It is awe inspiring. I am taken with the magnitude of human life looking at her. As she develops gradually into herself, I am given gifts of joy, and happiness that I never can really understand.

August 2007.