Angela Casabene

Busy, busy in the city,people going to and fro.But baby and me sit quietly.We're glad the days are slow. While the world rushes on, life with a baby takes a new, perfect pace of its own. Here is a gorgeous ode to the first year of a child's life and all the growing we do together.

Tonight, I ask you, my darling one, what do you want to dream about? Take a deep breath in ... and out ... and make your choice. You could dream of ... flying through the sky at night, running with a paper kite, finding friends and secret doors, picking shells along the shore, reading books and wearing jewels, splashing in...

When the sun sits up highIn the blue summer skyAnd you long to dive into the sea,But you're fixed to the pierAnd you're held there by fear ...Be brave. Be all you can be. This is a love letter to children everywhere, encouraging them to embrace their true selves and to live their big, messy, beautiful lives to the full....