In the kitchen, I sang her my entire repertoire of lullabies: "You Are My Sunshine," "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and a Mozart piece I'd learned as a child, whose lyrics in Bosnian I miraculously remembered.
Maybe the best I can hope for is to look on in envy and delight when my twinkle-in-the-eye grandchildren get to check "mutt" on their census forms.
Her favorite songs are "You Are My Sunshine," "Twinkle Twinkle," and the ABCs.
"There's nothing that makes my eyes twinkle like really thick beggiatoa mats," Joye said aboard a research ship as it headed out to sea from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. .
"If you want a definition of poetry, say, 'Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn, what makes my toenails twinkle, what makes me want to do this or that or nothing,' and let it go at that". Dylan Thomas.
I'm happy, healthy and haven't lost my drive or the twinkle in my eye for chasing my dreams at 36 years old.
"In what sense?" I said, my eyes twinkling.
I look up at my tiny, twinkling white lights hanging above us.
I observe that along with the straightness to my back and the bounce in my step there is also a warm invitation in my smile and an adventurous twinkle in my eyes.
"What goes here?" I asked the receptionist, tossing back what remains of my long hair with a twinkle in my good eye, the one I can still see through.
