I just love this time of year. The leaves are golden and floating delicately to the ground in the woods outside my opened windows. The cool mornings are glorious. We sip warm apple cider after school and talk about visiting the pumpkin patch. It's a time with magic in it.
I've read and heard two good quotes lately. Unfortunately I have no idea who said either of them...
1) "A parent's life is a child's instruction manual."
2) "Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future."
Both of these are keepers....
Jed is 5 weeks old now and sadly half of my maternity leave is over with. I distinctly remember a visit from an older neighbor in Carbondale, Dede Ittner, when Evangeline was 5 weeks old. I believe I was crying, no wait, I'm sure of it....I was crying because I was talking with her about how fast the time was flying by and how much Evangeline had already changed. Dede suggested that I write her a letter each week. I took her suggestion and did just that. I wrote to my darling girl about how we spent our days, visitors we had, developments she'd made. As she got older I started recording things she'd said, her likes and dislikes. I realize that Evangeline may have no interest in these letters in the future, maybe they will be more for myself. I felt like in writing to her each week I could hold on to some of the babyhood, and then childhood that was fleeting so quickly. The only thing missing from these letters were my pictures. Then I was introduced to this form of "letter writing". The books I am able to create with my words and photographs are absolutely priceless to me. I love to get them out in quiet moments and relive the days gone by.....so here we are at Jed's 5 week birthday, and just like with Evangeline, I'm totally overwhelmed at how much he has already changed. I'm starting to figure him out. We know each other. People comment on how he knows my voice and how he turns his head in my direction from across the room. We love each other. I don't want to forget any of this.
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