Cedar, 6 weeks
compare to him here
Yesterday I went alone to the lake. Leaving Cedar behind gave me the feeling that I had forgotten something; like going out without my purse. The sailboats tethered to the docks chimed like bells along the water, and someone was listening to opera on the grassy shore. It was a lovely, if warm, walk.
In the mornings I wear him in the Moby wrap if he's into it. I catch myself feeling urgently that I want to get things done, and I've been rethinking that phrase. It's not that I want to get things done, it's more that I want to live the events and purposes and whys and wherefores around me, because they are what give depth and satisfaction to my life. I love laying in bed at night and running my mind over the fullness of my day, tallying up the little accomplishments ~ hard-boiled the eggs, weeded, found big yellow squash babies, made chicken stock, went out for sandwiches, received letter, washed diapers, bought peaches, saw 4-hummingbird battle. It's full living.
xo Brooke
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7 comments:
i'm the same way. i love scratching off the items on the to-do list, seeing the whole thing blackened out at the end of the day. :)
What a post full of loveliness!
Definitely know the feeling! There is something extremely satisfying going over all the day's accomplishments at the end of it. Your baby and your squash babies both look healthy :)
beautiful! i know what you mean about feeling like you left something behind :D but it's nice to be alone occasionally. isn't the moby wrap great for this age!
yes. my definition of full living has changed so much since becoming a mother. used to be: pages written, phone calls made, papers graded...now: ducks in the pond counted, paper stars cut out, stories read aloud. a new way of living.
Haha! I just realized that the curve of the first photo is the mirror! Somehow, when I saw the one you posted earlier, I thought it was an arched doorway. My mind is very confusing sometimes.
Love your reframe of "get things done"! Such a beautiful way of phrasing the living of life.
Getting things done can be very insidious can't it? I love the idea of living a life fully, living the day well, every day.
xo fiona.
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