Simple pleasures


- Walking with my daughter to the park and listening to her sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and the alphabet song
- Nadia’s version of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, K, lmnop, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
- hanging laundry on the roof of our apartment building and enjoying the breeze and quiet solitude of being alone high above almost everything around
- buying fresh vegetables from street vendors and conversing with them
- seeing my husband’s excitement to try new recipes from his new wok cookbook and searching out the ingredients to make them
- a quiet evening at home—Nadia in bed, Joél practicing his guitar, me writing and our neighbors not making noise
- washing dishes in warm water and the resulting clean kitchen
- cup of tea