Jess and Tani

This is a bed-time story of how Jess chose her mom over all others - with inputs from Jess while she was a toddler.  Many many moons ago, Jess used to live in Ating-a-- the Heavens, with other souls and  Taibang Mapu, the Creator of the Universe. At that time, Jess had another name, but we'll go with Jess for the sake of the story. As Jess and Taibang Mapu (TM) looked down to Malem , the Earth, all aglow with beautiful lights, Taibang Mapu pointed down and said to Jess - "Would you like to go to live on Malem for some time?" Jess - "Yes. But where on Earth?" TM showed her a picture of igloos and polar bears. TM - How about here? It's one of my favorite places - so pure and pristine, and there are Inuits and fish and penguins and polar bears. And of course, the Northern Lights! Jess - It's beautiful, TM! I fancy visiting here to see the Northern Lights. But why is it so dark even at noon? TM - That's because in this land, you have 6 m

Dialogue between Jess and Mom Jess, all of six years and three full quarters, explaining the mechanics of sadness "Mom, did you know that there's a sea of tears?" "Really? I didn't know that." "Yes, it's true. You know there's a sea of tears inside me and there lives a crocodile there. He's always watching out, waiting to eat my heart!" "Oh!" "Yes. And you know, my heart lives in a tall tower above that sea, but when I am sad, it starts feeling all wobbly and then it starts falling towards the sea of tears. The sadder I am, the faster it drops into the Sea of Tears. And when it falls in, the tears overflow and fall down my face and I cannot stop crying. Sometimes, when I am really sad, and my hear hurts, it's actually the crocodile who's gnawing at heart! It hurts a lot!" "Oh dear! That sounds very painful!" "It is!" I hug her at this point, hoping that that crocodile

I like Enjoying a good laugh, Laughing at the twists and turns And folks who try to rile me. 'Cos try as they may They cannot get under my skin Or wipe away my smile. God's too kind And He shared the joke with me So I laugh, And enjoy a good laugh At life.

If you were a kitten, I would be your mama cat, And I would teach you to climb trees, And chase birds and mice If you were a tiger cub, I would be your mama tiger And together we'd hunt And roll in the sun after If you were a baby bear, I would be your mama bear And I'd teach you to look for honey And catch fish in the stream And if you were a baby dragon, I would be your mama dragon And I'd teach you to spew fire And together we'd fly in the skies And I wish that Forever I'd be your mommy; I'd love you for ever and ever, My baby human, forever.