saturday was a lovely fall day here in ohio - it felt like summer - 80's i think. we had a fantastic family day together, which included a local farm's fall festival...
there were donuts involved, as well as farm animals to pet and best of all (according to the kids) throwing stuff in the pond,
a firepit dinner at home...
jack is a complete pyromaniac - he can't get enough.
it was amazing, because all day long we got this guy
(gosh he's handsome!)
ryan is at a point in his school career when he has to make every moment count (several months of moments). he has been pushing and studying and working so hard, i could go on and on about him, but i'll just say i'm so proud of him - he is my hero. he is my hero for seizing so many moments like this one...
ryan has been talking about a sleepover on the trampoline all summer, but it just hasn't ever worked out. on saturday he got called in to the hospital around 7pm, when he got home at 12:37 he woke me up to let me know he was home and that he and bel were going to sleep on the trampoline. on this unseasonably warm october evening (still 63 at midnight - for the record) he decided to seize the moment - he got a giant pile of blankets ready, snuck into bel's room to wake her with a gentle invitation that she simply couldn't resist. when jack woke up in the morning we couldn't wait to head outside and crash the party.
as it turns out - this is one of my all-time favorite family memories. we cuddled against the chill october morning and spent more than an hour talking, giggling and telling stories. occassionally the kids would creep out of the covers to jump and run circles around us and then retreat to the pile of blankets to warm up. it was one of those prolonged moments that i reveled in, disbelieving that these beautiful people around me were really mine. and that's how i feel - they are mine - i can't think of anything i am more invested in, involved in, in love with or connected to. as i watched bel and jack running (in their matching jammies) i saw an invisible string between us - a connection soul to soul - that can't be broken by anything - ever. both of those little ragamuffin bodies were created from pieces of me and pieces of ryan, they grew inside me, reluctantly left me and ever since then we have been pouring the best that is in us - into them. they are a product of their parents and i could see it so clearly in that moment - like the quirks, traits and tendencies they inherited from us were all right there on the surface, their personalities, expressions and humors spilling out for us to see... and it was a beautiful sight.
i know that someday we won't be pouring ourselves into them, we'll be sending them off to fill little vessels of their own, and they'll return now and then for renewing drops. but for now we are their world and even then they will be mine.
7 comments:
Oh what FUN FUN times....What some wonderful memories and traditions you have started.
So fun. Oh I just have to tell you again how much I miss you!! Glad you're seizing each moment.
I've got to hand it to you-I never would have thought to sleep on a trampoline, but it sure looks like it was a great time. I'm really looking forward to May-can't wait!I miss you all!
Gosh darn it, I can't believe Ryan has that hat!! Andy just got one and loves it and I was so excited to present ryan with such an insightful manly gift. Back to the drawing board.
How fun. Your such a great mom and wife (I think that anyone who can put their husband through school like that with two kids deserves a little credit too :).
And by the way, Better off Ted was a prefect suggestion. It is our new nightly ritual. Phil is the BEST!
oh wow. I didn't expect to cry tonight. How do you always depict things so well with your poet words! I feel this same way about my little family...such a nice post to read. Thank you
Geen you're an amazing writer. Sheesh, talk about "creating"! You are one talented girl and one amazing wife and mama. I sure love ya. Thanks for your posts, it was fun to catch up. xoxo
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