Comments on: Florida So Far

By: Gabriela Prochazkova

Gabriela Prochazkova — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:02:54 +0000

I knew exactly what you were talking about, I mean that feeling when after a day full of excitement, wining, screaming, etc. you are the happiest person in the world that your "treasures" are sleeping and you find out again how much you love them even during the day you were at the end of the rope The more they sleep, the more I love them And I didn't mention the putting-them-to-bed-fight with overtired ones. Luna is only 2 and half but she is building such a strong personality, she often reminds me your Gracie.
Nice reading before I go to sleep, it's 2 am. Thank you.

By: Ambrosia

Ambrosia — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:47:21 +0000

The picture of your daughter's jumping into the pool makes me smile. Weather will not deter a child's play. How wonderful is that? Perhaps I should not allow it to dictate my moods.

The trip sounds lovely. I hope the weather complies with your plans.

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:34 +0000

Sounds like a lovely trip so far, drizzle and all. I love the shots of the shoes and the outfit swap. Isn't it amazing that you leave home, that you hop a flight, that you travel many miles, and you never actually get away? A thought that is at once sublime and suffocating (for me).

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:37 +0000

I just heard from a good friend that her first daughter was born this morning at 1:34 a.m. In her sleepy euphoria, she asked me for any advice about what to expect from the days ahead. I'll be sending her this paragraph later today:

"And I thought about the fact that this might be the very definition of motherhood, this day: shivering in the gray drizzle while the children swim, finding the capacity for jokes and being richly rewarded by their delight, cutting chicken fingers and allowing M&Ms for dessert, chasing and shhhhh-ing overtired children and wrestling them to bed, feeling annoyed, strung tight and thin, close to snapping, and then leaning into a wave of emotion, love, and patience that floods in, like a tide, to wash away all the day's frustrations."

All such familiar feelings - exquisitely stated, as usual.