A Ballet of Water

By Melinda J. Irvine 7 February 2019

“like ballet”
said a young voice
“like a ballet of water”

fountain4 — As we walked past the cold section in the supermarket tonight, my adopted son Jerry handed me back the shopping basket, leapt into the air and said “*I can’t carry this now Tita Mel, I have to do my ballet*” and then danced off into another aisle. He told me later as I stopped to photograph the beautiful fountain outside, it was a *ballet of water.* I think he’s right too.

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Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school. View all posts by Melinda J. Irvine