bursting bubbles

Strength can be drawn from family, from a special person who used to massage your feet and kiss them, from friends who could put up with you for ten years, from your childhood imaginary friend, from blueberry cheesecake and chai tea latte, from old-smelling dog-eared books, from a plate of garlic rice, from black and white photos and 1920s music from an antique box, from kind eyes of a stranger overseas, from a toddler who blows soapy bubbles from a green plastic bottle, from a toddler who wipes the floor wet with burst bubbles, from a toddler whose tiny hands touch yours as tears burst from eyes that could not take it anymore.