Today is a special day. This time seventeen years ago, I walked down the isle of a church dressed in a long, flowing white dress. I didn't take my eyes off of his the entire walk down the isle. The love I saw then is the same love I see when I look into his eyes today. It was a beautiful spring day, sunny and hot (especially in a long sleeved dress!). The church was simply decorated; it was Easter weekend so we used the Easter lilies with a few bows strategically placed throughout. The ceremony was simple. We are, after all, pretty simple people.
We even held off leaving for our honeymoon (a week at the beach) until Monday. After all, DH's mother had Easter dinner and everyone was expected to be there. Nevermindthefact that you just got married yesterday. So we went to church Easter Sunday, then to the family lunch. Then bright and early Monday morning, set off for our first trip as a married couple.
There have been many trips to the beach since. There have been many happy days since. There have been many more lunches at DH's mothers since. We have shared with our girls our love for the beach, family time, and dinner at Mawmaw's (including last Sunday!).
Seventeen years encompasses a vast amount of territory. Three moves. At least seven new vehicles. Two campers. Three dogs. Three cats. A son who decided to join the Army and spent a year in Iraq. Thank God he is now safely home and living in our playroom. Nine job changes. Two births. Four churches. Three meals DH asked me to please not make again.
Here's hoping for another seventeen happy years. Happy Anniversary, DH. I remember all the details of our special day like it was only yesterday. I'd say "yes" all over again! Thank you for making me happy.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Enjoy the Swing
Today was an enjoyable day for me. I got to take a trip down memory lane. As many of you know, Lynne over at And Babies Make Six and I are good friends. Great friends, actually. Well, her husband is in the hospital so she needed someone to pick the kids up from preschool so she could stay with him. Since I was home "sick" today, I was glad to help.
So when we got home, it was a beautiful fall day out, they just got a new swing last week for their birthday, and the first words out of Austin's mouth were, "Can we play outside today?" And who am I to be a spoil sport. Of course, we can play outside, Austin! So outside we went.
And we swang, and we played in the sand, and we played on the Little Tikes climby thing, and Tyler and John "hiked" through the woods (I mean shrubs...), and we swang some more. And as we were swinging, and the boys were calling to me from the top of the fort, my mind wondered.
It seems like only yesterday that Youngest Child and I were swinging in our backyard waiting for OC to get off the bus. It seems like only yesterday that I took YC to the park for the first time to feed the ducks and play on the baby slide that was way too big for her. It seems like I have only blinked a couple of times since the girls used to love to go out in the backyard and play in the sandbox together. Now, getting them to do anything together is quite an accomplishment. One of YC's favorite things to do was wait in the driveway for the school bus. We would go out extra early so she could get in plenty of bike-riding time before OC got off the bus.
So as the babies were swinging, and Austin was saving the world, I was walking down memory lane. How quickly I've gone from "Will my girls remember this?" to "I hope my girls forget about this one". Where have those days gone? The carefree days of play dates (for moms as well as the kids), spending mornings at the park feeding the ducks, story time at the library...far be it from me not to have the most well-educated child on the block.
When did it get to be school/homework/dinner/bed - and wake up tomorrow so you can do it all over again? Where has all the time gone? The girls have gotten older, but I certainly haven't. So enjoy the swing. Swing them high, swing them low. But by all means, swing them. For you, too, will blink your eyes only once or twice and they will be in high school and middle school, you will be the dumbest person on the planet, and they will need your help for nothing other than driving them somewhere to do something with someone they like.
Enjoy the swing, babies...and happy birthday! (Maybe by the time you're 30, I'll quit calling you babies!)
So when we got home, it was a beautiful fall day out, they just got a new swing last week for their birthday, and the first words out of Austin's mouth were, "Can we play outside today?" And who am I to be a spoil sport. Of course, we can play outside, Austin! So outside we went.
And we swang, and we played in the sand, and we played on the Little Tikes climby thing, and Tyler and John "hiked" through the woods (I mean shrubs...), and we swang some more. And as we were swinging, and the boys were calling to me from the top of the fort, my mind wondered.
It seems like only yesterday that Youngest Child and I were swinging in our backyard waiting for OC to get off the bus. It seems like only yesterday that I took YC to the park for the first time to feed the ducks and play on the baby slide that was way too big for her. It seems like I have only blinked a couple of times since the girls used to love to go out in the backyard and play in the sandbox together. Now, getting them to do anything together is quite an accomplishment. One of YC's favorite things to do was wait in the driveway for the school bus. We would go out extra early so she could get in plenty of bike-riding time before OC got off the bus.
So as the babies were swinging, and Austin was saving the world, I was walking down memory lane. How quickly I've gone from "Will my girls remember this?" to "I hope my girls forget about this one". Where have those days gone? The carefree days of play dates (for moms as well as the kids), spending mornings at the park feeding the ducks, story time at the library...far be it from me not to have the most well-educated child on the block.
When did it get to be school/homework/dinner/bed - and wake up tomorrow so you can do it all over again? Where has all the time gone? The girls have gotten older, but I certainly haven't. So enjoy the swing. Swing them high, swing them low. But by all means, swing them. For you, too, will blink your eyes only once or twice and they will be in high school and middle school, you will be the dumbest person on the planet, and they will need your help for nothing other than driving them somewhere to do something with someone they like.
Enjoy the swing, babies...and happy birthday! (Maybe by the time you're 30, I'll quit calling you babies!)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
In Memory
If you're looking for the funny, witty, latest-drama-at-the-middle-school post, come back tomorrow; I will be back on my game then. Today is a solomn day in my life, and try as I might, I can never escape it. It has been around every bend and corner all day long and I have tried my best to bury my head under the covers and pretend today is not January 30th. I loathe January 30th. But yes it is January 30th and yes, I have done everything in my power to stay busy today so the hours will pass quickly and it will be January 31st. And I will have survived the 37th anniversary.
On January 30, 1971, my mom died. I was four years old. (Almost 5, but four nonetheless).
This has been a year of growth for me, and as a testament to that, I am not focusing on the negative or the harshness of growing up without my mother. Last year, maybe. Year before that, definitely. But this year, I have even embraced the winter as I never have before. All last night and today, I have been thinking about what has changed in the past 37 years. Stop for a minute (assuming you are still reading...) and think about all we have today that is not 37 years old.
1. Microwaves
2. Cell Phones
3. Cruise Control
4. Standard A/C in cars
5. Cordless Phones
6. Computers (and all that entails!)
7. Cable TV
8. Video Games
9. Decorative Flags for the front porch
10.Dishwashers
11.Coffee Makers and instant coffee
12.CD/DVRs
13.Electric garage door openers
14.American Idol
15.Pay-at-the-pump gas stations
16.Self-service gas stations (the attendants actually put it in your car and cleaned your windshield and checked your oil while the gas was going in your car!)
17.Answering Machines
18.Hospital visiting hours all day long even for kids under the age of 12
19.Nurses wearing scrubs instead of sterile white
20.Private hospital rooms
21.Girls on a sports team
22.Guys teaching in the classroom
23.water and ice in the door
24.Remote Control TVs (or cars or airplanes)
25.Air Conditioning in campers
26.DQ Brazier in my hometown - it was only a walk-up DQ that closed in the winter
27.Glider Rockers
28.Electronic door locks
29.Electronic windows
30.Rear window defrost
31.Garbage disposals
And the list could go on and on and on. The things we we use on a daily basis that wasn't around when Mom was alive. And it will be interesting to look back in 37 more years and see what has changed!
On January 30, 1971, my mom died. I was four years old. (Almost 5, but four nonetheless).
This has been a year of growth for me, and as a testament to that, I am not focusing on the negative or the harshness of growing up without my mother. Last year, maybe. Year before that, definitely. But this year, I have even embraced the winter as I never have before. All last night and today, I have been thinking about what has changed in the past 37 years. Stop for a minute (assuming you are still reading...) and think about all we have today that is not 37 years old.
1. Microwaves
2. Cell Phones
3. Cruise Control
4. Standard A/C in cars
5. Cordless Phones
6. Computers (and all that entails!)
7. Cable TV
8. Video Games
9. Decorative Flags for the front porch
10.Dishwashers
11.Coffee Makers and instant coffee
12.CD/DVRs
13.Electric garage door openers
14.American Idol
15.Pay-at-the-pump gas stations
16.Self-service gas stations (the attendants actually put it in your car and cleaned your windshield and checked your oil while the gas was going in your car!)
17.Answering Machines
18.Hospital visiting hours all day long even for kids under the age of 12
19.Nurses wearing scrubs instead of sterile white
20.Private hospital rooms
21.Girls on a sports team
22.Guys teaching in the classroom
23.water and ice in the door
24.Remote Control TVs (or cars or airplanes)
25.Air Conditioning in campers
26.DQ Brazier in my hometown - it was only a walk-up DQ that closed in the winter
27.Glider Rockers
28.Electronic door locks
29.Electronic windows
30.Rear window defrost
31.Garbage disposals
And the list could go on and on and on. The things we we use on a daily basis that wasn't around when Mom was alive. And it will be interesting to look back in 37 more years and see what has changed!
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