Trumpet Joy

Photo by MI PHAM on Unsplash

Photo by MI PHAM on Unsplash

My ten-year-old plays the trumpet. I’m not just saying this because I’m his mother or because we have the same soul-searching eyes and fiery tempers, but this kid can play. I mean, he swings. He blows, bounces, and blips like he was born in the wrong decade.

Read my essay on unabashed joy on Ruminate’s The Waking.