Alice is leaving tomorrow. I am sad. After one month I have come to know someone who I feel I have loved since they day I met her mother.
I met Cheryl (Alice's mother) when I was Alice's age in New Mexico. We were both in a monastery together. Cheryl was from Australia.
Years later we both left the monastery, though we stayed in contact. I saw Cheryl when she was pregnant with Alice, and again when Alice was two… Like I said, I have loved Alice since I was her age.
The poster in Paris said:
"The renaissance and the dream."
So true.
When I asked Chelsea and Alice to walk pass it in opposite directions they thought I was silly.
It seemed symbolic to me. Future and history. My daughter and Cheryl's daughter.
All little birds do fly away from the nest they call home.
Cheryl's first little bird to leave is Alice.
Chelsea and Sacha have both flown from our nest.
Having Alice stay with us made me fluff the nest once more. I would love to keep her, hide her suitcase, rip her airline ticket…. Maybe Cheryl would have to come to France to take her daughter back?
Two birds with one stone you might say.
Not a row boat.
But a dream.
Merrily not today.
Gently down the stream.
I told Alice, "Come back sooner than later."
Oh I forgot to add… The brocante bug bit Alice hard!! I have never seen anyone to fall so fast and to pick up everything I love. It almost got to the point where she had to walk one way and I walked the other. We have the same brocante bug taste. Scary!
Her suitcasesssssssssssssssssss are stuffed with old French things. Sigh.
One last dash in Paris.
Photos opt city.
In and out of the car, as fast as we could, just for the fun on it.
Pink scooter, Green fountain, in the fountain, at a cafe, by a balloon…
Off the beaten track moments.
Jour et nuit.
Day and night.
One month of enjoyment.
Such a lovely girl that Alice. Cheryl you lucky duck!
Alice left her heart in France and it turned Notre Dame pink.
I took a picture of it to prove it.
Au revoir Alice. Never forget you have a French connection, and part of your heart in France.
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