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A Seed Not Lost


On day 13 of July, on the Gregorian calendar, on this waxing quarter moon, and five days since Jordan arrived in the Heart of the Amazon, I wonder...


  • How has his trip gone?
  • How is he doing?
  • How are his father and mother doing?
  • Is Jordan feeling the accomplishment of what he has set out to do? 
Neither nor his family have word from him; that is part of the plan. The only thing we might do is try to relate our world to his.

From here, in the northern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert, I imagine him, in a gigantic city in the middle of the world's largest tropical rainforest. I have traveled and worked in the tropics of Latin America, so I can relate to his environment. I have seen the photos from his last trip, and I know that he has a free, vibrant spirit, from what his father has told me. I know that his father and mother feel pride in him and his sister. I know the town where he grew up...changed as it has, surely, since I walked the night streets there.

I close my eyes and wonder how Jordan's passing the moment, deep, in the heart of the Amazon. I wonder who he has met, how he was received, how he and his fellow travelers have received those who came to be with them.

I see in him his father and his mother. I lived with both, and I feel good when I remember them. I know that Jordan grew up in steady, stable hands, and I admire his parents' strength with their children. I admire how they, as a family came together and have stayed together. I admire how they worked together in their midwestern town and grew as a family, building a secure home, lifestyle, and family life.

I also enjoy that Hung, Jordan's father, sought me out...and has sought me out off and on, as I have drifted across the continent, settling in and around in the desert, and then moving on. I admire how he and his family planted and grew together as I drifted, and they still look for me...a drifting seed, when they have harvested and don't even need seeds.

I imagine Jordan; I know he is well.

...con todas mis relaciones.
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