For me, though, the thought of children never knowing the joy of an omelette is worrying.
But living through a fictional character is never as good as knowing actual joy or love, and never as bad as suffering actual pain or discrimination.
Live your whole life without knowing that joy, that sharing, that peace.
I take care of myself to give me the energy and strength to handle adversity knowing that joy and love will give me even more power to live fully despite anything else.
I did not know Grant Bauer personally, but I believe he would weep with joy knowing how many people out there care so deeply.
So I continue to fully lean into the pain, joy, frustration, weariness, and messiness that comes with my life as a single mother, all while knowing that the joy and pain have allowed me to grow from surviving to thriving.
He stood always on the edge of childlike joy knowing that all he did in his adult life was shape the image of the sport he loved.
Seattle will also feel true communal joy knowing that Junior is finally free, and, with any luck at all, maybe even happy.
They came to shout, dance, cheer, strut, hug and shed tears of joy, knowing that on July 24, when the law takes effect, the season for tears will begin in earnest.
Then I cry tears of joy knowing that I get to experience all of it with them.
