Sunday, January 27, 2008

Winter Fest

Today was a pretty great day. Nothing extremely out of the ordinary to make it so. Just a simple day out in the great out doors with my family.

Although I have to say it is not often that my six year old participated... and joyfully might I add, in much of anything and to our delight he did just so. I swear he's got the most handsome smile in the whole universe. I love the way his eyes light up. It is at moments such as these I ask myself,

"How could you ever be anything but a delight?" A mothers labour pains are quickly forgotten. A condition that seems to remain so even as time passes.

My baby girl lost another tooth today. She's pretty proud of herself. Just the other night I asked her what her favourite food was. She pondered it a while. You see, food... it's pretty near and dear to her heart and this was not a question to take lightly. Cake. Ice cream. Cotton Candy. It could be any one of those but it's not.

'Bread." she answers in one simple word. I cannot help but smile....


And my Seth whom I am still trying to convince that even though he is not a baby anymore and quite on the contrary, is growing up into a rather handsome little fella', he is indeed still my baby. Always will be.

Maybe if I bribe him...

Friday, January 25, 2008

Qe Sera Sera

I write often. I really do. It's just that... Your hand, it muffles the sound of my voice.

I cried today. A relief of sort. I was starting to question my own humanity. How could I have held out so long? I still wonder in disbelief. But I guess I'm human after all. Slightly calloused. A little hard around the edges. Yet still there, beating as it should be.

It's funny. Then again. It's not. How is it, being seas apart you still manage to take? The world was up for grabs and yet, it was my little corner your deep black eyes, your gaze... it rested upon. And why does this surprise me so...

I quiver. As I always do. Not do to fear, nor the chill in the air. I've come to accept it as so.

Meet me at the river. I will leave you there.