Oxygen

My daughter has been having some trouble with her breathing when she runs. I talked to my acupuncturist about it, and she said to bring her in, because she had a treatment that would help. Well, I did that, but it didn't go so well. And I probably should've known it wouldn't go so well, because my daughter tends toward skepticism, especially when it comes to anything that one could call non-traditional. As does her father. And my father.

Today her Dad took her to see an Allergist. The Allergist suggested she could use an inhaler, but when her Dad gave me that report, he said something that surprised me. He said he remembered when he and I first ran together, that he had trouble breathing, but then I told him how to breathe and the problem went away. So he wondered whether I might do the same for our daughter. I thought that was a positively beautiful suggestion, but our little skeptic disagreed. Hmmmmph.

But for today, with this song, I'm going to choose to appreciate the feeling of oneness that came over me when he made that suggestion:

We all ferment, a face can change
But souls stay young
We're all connected so take a journey
With someone learn to be as one

Still living, sinking, falling, twisting
But I'm breathing you in
Breathing you in oxygen, oxygen

We all ferment, a taste can change
From days so young
You feel rejected, just hold your head up
To the sun learn to be as one

Still living, sinking, falling, we're still living, drifting
I'm breathing you in, breathing you in
Still living, sinking, feeding, twisting, I'm living
I'm breathing you in, breathing you in
Disconnecting oxygen, oxygen, oxygen

Still living, sinking, falling, twisting, still living
I'm breathing you in, breathing you in
Still living, sinking, falling, drifting, we're living
I'm breathing you in, breathing new air

And though we aren't breathing each other in anymore, I think it's lovely that he can express appreciation about at least one of the benefits of the time when we were...