Do you remember this section of my decoder ring from my tanka https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/embracing-my-inner-child-a23ffdd1b09f

"These days I slip easily and frequently in and out of my adult skin and embrace my inner child, replete with an unabashedly child-like voice. Particularly when engaging with nature and all the more so when I go for walks around the neighborhood hoping to run into the dogs that are not frightened by my expanding soul. I approach all dogs without fear but some back off with a defensive bark and a fearful snarl — not Benny the Goldendoodle or Rusty the Belgian Shepherd. When Benny sees me he pulls hard on Karen’s leash and if there are no cars in sight she lets go and he runs to me and hugs me and licks my face and I kiss him back."