It's Li Chen's birthday. She was born today at 7 am, upon a blue hare's moon. Her birth name means, "inner, pure strength" and this is exactly what she shows me on a daily basis.
There is no material gift that depicts our shared visits of happiness...this is the best present of all, and I think she agrees it to be true:
"I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins."
Shel Silverstein
Alice has won my heart by allowing joy's presence to radiate and this has 'swept-me-away'. I have chosen this photograph of sunrise at Jade Mountain in Yushan National Park because the Earth is transformation, and this is what occurs every moment of first light experienced with my wife, Alice Li Chen-Knowles.
