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This morning I read this poem.  

We've Had This Conversation Before 
by Joseph Mills

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We’ve had this conversation before,
my daughter and I, many times,
about what she might buy
with her allowance, about candy,
about how her brother annoys her,
about where her birth mother might be,

and we’ve had this conversation before,
my son and I, many times,
about how fast he is, how fast horses are,
about candy, about how his sister bosses him,
about how much a horse costs,

and we’ve had this conversation before,
my wife and I, many times,
about how tired we are,
about what we might buy them
and how much it all costs,
about how they annoy us, how fast
they’re growing, how scared we are
about what might happen, about this life,
this life, so tiring and wonderful,
and how, if we could, we’d repeat it,
this life, many times,
many times.

"We've Had This Conversation Before" by Joseph Mills 

I sooooo related to this idea of how life slides all over from one the mundane to the touching to the humorous all within seconds.  It struck me again of how we have so many links and interconnections between each other.   My head was immediately filled with possibilities of how I could visually capture this idea. My favorite place to get ideas is usually when I sit and listen to my adult children and their families conversations.  They are lively, funny and insightful...just the kind of ideas I like to create?

What about you?  Where do you get your ideas?