baby toes sand-squish, birds cry splash of sea and sigh-sky, boy green-grows and away...
touch is knowing, grains sifting minutes, shifting sky-fleece and too soon he'll make poetry, footprints in sand, shadow-chaser
he sees wrinkle-brow mama, sits still as i try to freeze this
but
soon wiggles free worry, leaps, lens breaks as limbs explode
granules sift
toes shift
flash of bird-white light and
...
i'm shadow chasing sand.
left holding baby clothes
staring at
man where boy once smiled.
...
so now, i still. breathe diapered drooling close.
son, you are my gratitude list.
15 comments:
I've read this three times and I'm still not done! Your words are beautiful Emily.
P.s. He is so adorable! I love his little hands and feet in the sand.
thank you for this. It's beautiful...and terrible...in a beautiful way. Motherhood...is so wonderful and hard.
I'm so glad you wrote this. It's how I feel too.
I LOVE HIS HAT (have I said that before?) it rocks my socks off!
Em hi what great pictures and I enjoyed reading your poetry. Aiden is soo cute. love you mom xoxoxo
p.s. I LOVE ALEXI MURDOCH! YAY!
Baby toes are the best! Even getting them a little dirty is ok!
Blessings,
Stacey from the Gratitude Community
Beautiful.
Delightful photos .... delightful spot to come and sip some goodness. What a joy to meet you.
Sara ( a new member of the gratitude community)
Yes, hold on for it will go so quickly. Savor every moment!
Greetings from a newbie in the gratitude community.
I love how your words so effortlessly embrace the moment!
Your little boy is a sweetheart :)
"son, you are my gratitude." What a great line. Thanks for sharing.
How often I have wanted to freeze time. It is far too elusive for that. We simply cherish the moment and watch as the story the Father has written before we ever drew breath unfolds - beautiful story.
He is absolutely precious.
"man where boy once smiled." Oh, the depth of those words!
So sweet! Thanks for sharing!
"you are my gratitude list"
nothing to add after this. perfect.
well, except I miss sandy baby bottoms :)
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