Nyima, Dawa and Skarma

Be the sun, brilliant and wise.
Let her be the moon, brilliant and clear.
Between the two, life can be interesting.

- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche ©

These lines of a poem were on our wedding invitation.

Family and friends, welcome to my online journal of the Sun, Moon and the Stars. What? Okay, so a little Tibetan here, for the names of the three in our family:

Nyima means Sun. That's me, dad. Nyima also comes from my refuge name, Damchö Nyima, Damchö means Holy Dharma. Holy Dharma Sun!

Dawa means moon. That's for mom.

With discipline and time, may we be brilliant and wise, and brilliant and clear. And . . . interesting.

Sun, (Nyima) Moon (Dawa) and the Stars (Skarma). The story of the stars is this: As we were planning the wedding, our son said to us, "if Dad is the sun, and Mom is the moon, then I am the stars. " So, Nyima, Dawa and Skarma.

Skarma means 1) star, starlight, constellation 2) minute 3) a Tibetan cent

Skarma, our child, is truly the star, our constellation, our little penny, and our every minute.

Using Tibetan names is all meant in good fun and are our real pet names for each other.