Doubt

I found this in an old notebook I took on vacation last year. I think the purpose was to be able to "Blog" or "Tweet" or otherwise update while in the dense, dark brush of the distant northern Japanese hinterlands. Having to survive without internet access, and barely cell phone capability, I took to jotting my thoughts. This one seemed more appropriate for the blog, something more permanent than a brief that's-cute-but-forgotten-in-a-day existence on FB or Twitter:

Doubt

"The scariest thing in the world is to suddenly hear the breath of your child sleeping next to you, then to wonder whether you could always hear the breathing, or if it wasn't until that moment that you noticed."