The Good Place: the podcast, an excellent podcast for an even more excellent show, requested its listeners to share “what’s good” with them. They’re planning to share a compilation to create a beam of light in these dark and crazy time. I emailed them a submission, but never heard back, so I decided to share it here. I hope you enjoy this moment of good.

What’s good for me is: bubbles.

I have a 3 year old daughter, and we sit on our back porch, overlooking the sunset and beautiful live oak trees in our back yard, and we blow bubbles. Emma challenges me often to blow “a really big bubble” and I try my best to. Bubbles are beautiful and ephemeral. They force you to focus on the moment. You can’t think about global crises when you’re looking for the right angle and breath control to blow the perfect bubble. You have to be present.

And that’s what I do with my daughter. I sit on the porch, and I forget what’s happening and I try to blow the perfect bubble for her. And if I do, she pops it, and I start again.