by Howard Hain
Renoir, “Girl with a Hoop”, 1885 (detail)
When my little girl wakes up in the morning she looks like a little rose. A little pinkish-red rose. Her cheeks are just that color. Her skin is so soft and delicate. The sweetest, most tender expression shines forth. Her dark, long, think, and perfectly disordered hair—just like her mother’s—wonderfully frames and presents her perfect little features. And her tiny, sleepy voice usually calls out the sweetest one-word query and request: “Daddy?”
She could ask for just about anything at that moment, at that precious waking moment, that awakening of innocence itself, of genuine and true affection—that annunciation of a pure and powerfully unquestioning love for a man she trusts with her entire little being to meet all her needs, defend her from all her fears, and make her laugh.
It has been a humbling seven years and a few…
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It’s lovely to see the painting of “Tiny Rose” and read Howard’s reflection again. Double joy!
Gloria
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