Miniature Soundtracks : Episode Four

Miniature Soundtracks is my small experiment in mp3 blogging. I'll be using a beloved image from my flickr photostream or favorites, reflect on it for a few sentences, and then give you a song that evokes the same feelings. If your photo or song is featured and you'd rather it not be, let me know and I'll take it down immediately.


Rissa and Braedyn, from Rissa's flickr

Moms that I know have a lot to live up to, because my mom is a singularly spectacular human being who imbues everyone she meets with her infectious love and kindness, patience, creativity, and awe. I was the luckiest girl in the world and most people can't compare. But I lived with another mom -- and kiddo -- for the past two years, up until a couple months ago, and she has managed to exceed my expectations every single day I have known her. As it turns out, Rissa's son is the luckiest person I know, tied with myself. His mom pours an unreal amount of unselfish love his way and remains beautiful and funny and sharp and smart and interesting in the process, setting the best possible example for adulthood that a boy could have. She's lucky too, because Braedyn is an exceptional small person who is equally excited to talk to anyone who walks into his world about anything from The Karate Kid to scorpions. Watching them together sometimes will make you insufferably jealous because they have a bond that is so far above and beyond what most of us experience in our every day lives. It's complex, sure, but at the same time it isn't. It's the kind of bond that defines the word family -- more broadly than just blood, because they're both in mine. Together, they're an unstoppable example of the beauty of the relationships you don't have to question. Unconditional is the word I'm looking for.

Entry Way Song - Bright Eyes from the Amos House compilation.