 Image @ mashable.com "Through the eyes of a child you will see the world just as it ought to be." --author Unknown I had a shadow today...my sweet six-year-old cousin, who kept me company while I put my make-up on this morning, meticulously combing his hair and describing the different colors it was, then patiently brushing his teeth while he waited for me to finish,ordered the exact same lunch as me this afternoon, regaled me with stories in the car on the way to the grocery store, and played me a song he made up just for me on our piano. It's been a long time since I had a little one with me and if you've spent any amount of time in the company of a six-year-old, it's impossible for you not to believe in magic! Oh, how I wish my eyes had not become so jaded and clouded with years that I have forgotten how to just bask in the excitement of discovering six little frogs happily hanging out by the pond! My sweet shadow reminded me of the utter joy found in simple things...a drippy ice cream cone on a hot summer day, a favored stuffed animal ("Spot") who enjoys listening to a good bedtime or mid-afternoon time story about fuzzy monsters, or the fascination in playing with a rambunctious doggie and getting covered in slobbery kisses! I can't wait to see what my shadow will teach me next, as he stage whispers to my daughter, "I really am magic! This pencil is my wand...and that's my code (he shows her what he's written on a piece of printer paper)...I also have a secret headquarters," he proudly declares. I hope when he has to go home to Texas with his parents, I won't forget how to "see" through his exquisite eyes! And I'm going to do my darndest to find his secret headquarters!!!! Now where did I put that shovel??? 
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Yvette Aldrich
8/18/2014 01:40:46 am
I read this again this morning before the final push home to Texas. I miss you so much already and feel such a pull to turn right back around. It has been a pretty hard couple of years and being with you and yours was the most peaceful I have felt in a long time. I am trying hard to hold on to every last bit of that feeling and keep it alive in my heart for as long as I can to help weather the storms on the horizon. Know that I think of you constantly and that you are loved greatly no matter how far away I am at the moment. Love you my soul sister!
Amy Marie Schaefer
8/18/2014 03:41:24 am
We miss you, too and love you beyond measure. When those storms come crashing down around you, just remember that you ALWAYS have Safe Harbour! Hugging you tight and leaving on the light. Leave a Reply. |
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I grew up in rural North Carolina. When I was only nineteen, I moved away and became a military wife. My only aspiration at that tender time in my life was to create an adult life that "fixed" all of the "injustices" of my childhood. Secretly, however, I wanted to reach for the sky! I wanted to be a writer and find ways to "save the world" (my mother used to say, "You have Save the World Syndrome".). Mostly, I wanted to matter. Archives
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