Images I’d like to sear to my memory:
Allee and Jimmy lounging in the inflatable pool, squirting each other with water guns.
Allee hitting her first tennis ball over the net.
Allee holding her nose as she goes under water (willingly) for the first time of the summer.
Lily, on the bed, gurgling and smiling her big smile.
Holding Lily, while swinging on the deck, and listening to the whir of the neighborhood air conditioners, the chirping of the birds, the squirrels scolding the cats, and feeling the scorch of the sun as it tries to penetrate the awning.
Seeing Lily ’see’ herself in the mirror for the first time.
Watching Allee walk to Olivia’s house…knowing that she’s at the beginning of a friendship that could last a lifetime.
Feeling contentment when the house is tidy and the lawn is freshly cut.
Posted by christa on July 9, 2009 at 2:17 pm
There’s a poem lurking here….