Thursday, February 19, 2009

.time flies when you don't want it to.

It just doesn't seem like it has been that long since my little girl was born, and then again, at times I feel as if it was ages ago.  This sweet, little being, cradled ever so gently in the embrace of her Daddy, so tiny, so fragile. . . 
. . . it's amazing how much she has already grown!  I hear her now, playing "house" in her bedroom, preparing a dish for her well mannered companions:  a very much loved cloth doll named Mele, to the multiple-armed friend, Olie the Octopus.  You can already see the personality, and boy does she have personality!  A lot of spunk, a lot of questions, many boxes of Cheerios, many messes on the floor, smiles to melt your heart, tantrums to drive you crazy, a million kisses, a ton of joy. . . children are the best (and most trying) part of life, my life.  This is the time I know I must savor with this wee munchakin of mine for I see her, transforming from baby to little girl right before my very eyes.  [deep sigh]  Anyone got a Kleenex?

It will be gone before you know it.
The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher.
Then suddenly they disappear.
~Dorothy Evslin

2 comments:

  1. Don't I know it! My little girl, my oldest, is now 16. She is learning to drive and has her first boy friend. Sigh...time just slips away.

    k

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  2. I walk around with Kleenex...children are so very cool. I did not know you had a daughter. Yes, they grow fast! I know I will miss this time so much.

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