The Big Win
Dear Koko, Someone told me, it is the little things in life that make life worth living. As I grow older, I think there is something inside me that has given up loving things which are traditionally considered "big wins". Sure there was a time when I would have considered a big TV, or a fancy phone to be the epitome of luxury. I think that person in me is gone. I am not sure whether it is because I grew up or I naturally gravitated towards your almost Zen behavior. I am so surprised at the lack of want that you exhibit in the face of certain rewards. I am talking about times when we are at the mall for example, we ask if you want this or that. You don't exhibit the greedy want or crazy excitement that I remember feeling as a child. Not all the time of course, but sometimes :) So let's go to this December morning when I saw you absolutely thrilled by an idea and we sort of got swept up in the spontaneity of the moment ourselves. It was a Thursday morning, you were o...