{"id":126,"date":"2009-06-25T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T09:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/creativity-love-and-wisdom-out-of-the-mouths-of-babes.html"},"modified":"2009-06-25T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T09:25:59","slug":"creativity-love-and-wisdom-out-of-the-mouths-of-babes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/06\/creativity-love-and-wisdom-out-of-the-mouths-of-babes.html","title":{"rendered":"Creativity, Love and Wisdom: A Poem by Talia Pittaluga at Age 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/81\/import\/img\/mail.jpeg\" width=\"124\" height=\"166\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>Most people who frequent this blog know that both of my parents passed away last spring. They were young by today&#8217;s standards, 65 and 67. My mother was sick for some time and succumbed to kidney cancer in April. My father died suddenly 20 days earlier from a stroke. \u00a0To say that the days leading to and following this one-two punch are a blur is an understatement, something I remember whenever I meet anyone I spoke to back then. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I had that experience earlier this week when I ran into a dear friend and her young daughter Talia who I&#8217;ve not seen much since then.\u00a0As we swapped stories and caught up, Talia mentioned a poem she had written for me when she first heard about my folks. She, an aspiring writer who journals constantly, was 9 at the time. I recall vaguely her mother mentioning it, but my recollection goes no further than that. I asked her to send it along and was moved to tears when I received this&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Untitled<\/div>\n<div>by Talia Pittaluga, Age 9<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When life is hard without ease, Holy dreams may come to me.<\/div>\n<div>An arm may lift me high into the sky where dreams come true under God&#8217;s eyes.<\/div>\n<div>And he who cares will whisper in my ear. Life may not be at ease but don&#8217;t forget love is.<\/div>\n<div>Then a tear drops in my eye and I know I&#8217;ll be o.k.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you for this beautiful poem, Talia. You, my dear, are a born writer &#8211; heart and soul. \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people who frequent this blog know that both of my parents passed away last spring. They were young by today&#8217;s standards, 65 and 67. My mother was sick for some time and succumbed to kidney cancer in April. 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