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our girl's first words were a hummed tune

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2013.07.28

I think The Girl is back to normal. Today we were at the beach, and as I was holding her I realized that she was humming a little tune. The tune bounced around in my head and I made the connection: it was the same "Bird of Prey" song that I sing while holding her aloft by her legs while she balances herself. So I did that, and she wore a huge grin and even giggled a bit, the first time I've heard her do that. It was a joy to see her with the sun on her face and the wind in her hair and smiling so!

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When I was a teenager I was sure I'd be dead before I was thirty. Let's just say that I am well into some serious gravy time now but sometimes I wonder if I am actually dead and this is hell.

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