thanks for the memories

Friday, September 29, 2017

The days go ever onward

 Ever notice that no matter how much we want things to slow down or even to stop they just keep going inexorably on? Yeah, me too.  Sometimes it feels like one is a snowball rolling down a hill taking on bulk and speed along with the momentum down the slope. Sort of like the way that this little boy has grown.
Really mom could you at ease the camera for just a little while?
It is hard to believe that he once spent two weeks in the NICU as a tiny little mite fighting to breathe and heal. Now he is in possession of his own little personality and a whole toddler skill set.

While it is going on the purchase of a new home can seem like it goes at a snail's pace but then the moving in process is a whole 'nuther story!  Now that we are settled it seems like the days fly by and I often want to reach out and grab them and hold on just a moment longer before they are gone for good.


 The good times, time spent with those that I love, live on in my minds eye and in my heart and that makes up, in part, for the speed with which they pass.  This day spent hiking, laughing, and generally wearing kids out so they would sleep on the drive south cannot be captured and held adequately by a picture, and yet....

Children will continue to feed giraffes,

and cousins will be silly together.

Young boys will dig and shape their future along with the lessons learned in the process while old grandmas will watch it all with tears welling in their eyes and hearts that overflow with joy.

1 comment:

Peggy Wolf said...

I love how your words express feelings.