I could post pictures from our trip to Seward, or of Elias stealing magnetic letters from Olive handing them to me and saying: "You want to clean the slobber off of this," and then dropping the letter M on his sister's head.
Or I could write about Elias's back to back public melt-downs, grabbing and squeezing at the neighbors last night when it was time to leave and running away from me, crying: "I want to stay," at the dog park this afternoon, this after hitting me as I carried him under my arm from the lake (and pushed his sister's stroller) as strangers observed.
Oh, I could write about this....!
But instead I want to notice my breathe.
Watch Elias and Olive sleep.
And hold in my heart two families: one who said goodbye to their unborn daughter yesterday and one who greeted their baby via an emergency c-section at 24 weeks today.
On this Friday I remember where we've been.
How far we've come.
And the life within.
{{{Christy}}}
Posted by: DiVaughn | 07/09/2010 at 11:02 PM
<3 <3
Posted by: Melissa | 07/10/2010 at 11:55 AM
That gave me chills...
Posted by: Emily | 07/10/2010 at 05:56 PM
Does the last sentence mean you are having another baby?
Posted by: Sange | 07/10/2010 at 07:25 PM
I agree with an earlier post. I got the chills from reading the last little bit of your post. My heart goes out to the families.
Posted by: i | 07/10/2010 at 08:53 PM
Sange, no baby inside me-- just thinking of the life within us all and how fleeting it can be...
Posted by: Christy | 07/10/2010 at 10:06 PM