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i’ve never encountered anything more interesting than my son. “you’re biased because its your kid” is of course true and it is the *point*. imagine looking in a mirror but its both you and your favorite person mixed together and it’s alive and independent. enchanting, bewitching
when i was in my teens and 20s i fantasized about someday gazing upon the earth from orbit and experiencing the Overview effect, a profound sense of oneness that many astronauts have reported feeling. i have a mental-emotional room put together anticipating that experience…
maybe when he’s older, space tourism will be affordable and we can gaze upon the earth together https://t.co/utLln8Ml5u
but for now he cries and i feed him a bottle of milk while his mom is asleep and i feel a sense of oneness with all of life and profound gratitude to the intricate webs of care and effort that allow me to keep him alive
the world is a wild place but for me right here right now everything is perfect 💞 https://t.co/LaaocZ5GV4
