"Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates, some parts are sharpened, others dropped, and there is often debate about what really happened. But even with these different sides of the same story, there is still agreement that this is the family story. And in the absence of other narratives, it becomes the flagpole that the family hangs its identity from." A.M. Homes
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Pumping
We, yes we, conquered the skill of "pumping" on the swings today. I like to think that as of the mother of two six year olds, that when they accomplish something, I also accomplish something. Pumping, you know, that life changing moment when the swing becomes your favorite place to breathe and think and be.
Two seconds before this photo was taken, Clara said to me, "I will never be able to swing myself." Yet, there she went. So much so that it pained me when we had to get in the car to pick-up Davis from soccer. I did not want her to forget how she felt at that moment.
Or how I felt!
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