Always with me...

The theme song to 'Spirited away' is hauntingly beautiful...I never tire of hearing it.

Always with Me - Yumi Kimura [lyrics by Wakako Kaku]

Somewhere, a voice calls, in the depths of my heart
May I always be dreaming, the dreams that move my heart

So many tears of sadness, uncountable through and through
I know on the other side of them I'll find you

Everytime we fall down to the ground we look up to the blue sky above
We wake to it's blueness, as for the first time

Though the road is long and lonely and the end far away, out of sight
I can with these two arms embrace the light

As I bid farewell my heart stops, in tenderness I feel
My silent empty body begins to listen to what is real

The wonder of living, the wonder of dying
The wind, town, and flowers, we all dance one unity

Somewhere a voice calls in the depths of my heart
keep dreaming your dreams, don't ever let them part

Why speak of all your sadness or of life's painful woes
Instead let the same lips sing a gentle song for you

The whispering voice, we never want to forget,
in each passing memory always there to guide you

When a mirror has been broken, shattered pieces scattered on the ground
Glimpses of new life, reflected all around

Window of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn
Let my silent, empty body be filled and reborn

No need to search outside, nor sail across the sea
Cause here shining inside me, it's right here inside me

I've found a brightness, it's always with me

Itsumo Nando Demo
Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Okude
Itsumo Kokoro Odoru Yume wo Mitai
Kanashimi wa Kazoekirenai kedo
Sono Mukou de Kitto Anata ni Aeru
Kurikaesu Ayamachi no Sonotabi Hito wa
Tada Aoi Sora no Aosa wo Shiru
Hateshinaku Michi wa Tsuzuite Mieru keredo
Kono Ryoute wa Hikari wo Dakeru
Sayonara no Toki no Shizukana Mune
Zero ni Naru Karada ga Mimi wo Sumaseru
Ikiteiru Fushigi Sinde Iku Fusigi
Hana mo Kaze mo Machi mo Minna Onaji
Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Oku de
Itsumo Nando demo Yume wo Egakou
Kanashimi no Kazu wo Iitsukusu yori
Onaji Kuchibiru de Sotto Utaou
Tojiteiku Omoide no Sono Naka ni Itsumo
Wasure takunai Sasayaki wo Kiku
Konagona ni Kudakareta Kagami no Ue nimo
Atarashii Keshiki ga Utsusareru
Hajimari no Asa Shizuka na Mado
Zero ni Naru Karada Mitasarete Yuke
Umi no Kanata niwa Mou Sagasanai
Kagayaku Mono wa Itsumo Koko ni
Watashi no Naka ni Mitsukerareta Kara

Tuesday morning...real early

Good morning world or good evening if the time zone suites you. So Dylan was up again before the crack of dawn...and though I'm sleepy and tired I can't help but appreciate moments like these...because one of these years he'll be all grown up and I know I'll look back longingly to these early morning wake ups...his little face looking down at me. This is part of the strange joy of parenthood...and I wouldn't give it up for the world. So I made rice porridge...it is a staple here in Taiwan for little children..etc...In my being woken up dream state I thought about grating some carrot into a pot and adding rice to make some 'tzou'. So that is what I did. He didn't eat it...Heather reassures me that he'll have it later...but I'm not so sure. I'll try again though...It's getting to be time for my morning preparations to look a little decent...so here goes...Oh! last night I watched Spirited away for about the hundredth time with Dylan....I love Ghibli studio...their story lines are fantastic...and Spirited away is about true love, the power of sacrificial love that allows a person to give of one self for another. Gehiro is so small and fragile yet has this amazing strength of true, deep and passionate love that overcomes all obstacles...I almost always shed a tear or two....and dylan seems to enjoy it too...