Saturday, February 20, 2010

My Daughter's Random Thought...

My daughter is a blogger. K has a gift for writing, truly gifted. K has chosen to keep her blog private, so we will respect her wishes. Her blog is a creative journal of her life as a wife and mommy of three daughters. How I wish I had the technology to upload photos of my kids growing up and type a quick paragraph to remind me of special moments... Instead, I was a crazed mom of four who is eternally thankful for the public school system, to provide me with photos of my youngest son! (it is not easy to be the fourth of four!)

But I digress..... K wrote a touching post, which she titled '20 years'. She paints the picture of our kitchen after dinner...K, B and Marie doing their nightly chores while I wash the dinner dishes at the sink, singing along to the 'boom-box'. After dinner, she recalls a tired momma with a bad perm and blue eye-shadow singing her little baby to sleep while rocking him in the same rocking chair she rocked her eldest daughter....20 years later, a momma with little ones, who enjoys jammin' in her kitchen...quietly rocks and softly sings to her youngest baby...in the same rocking chair. Yes, the same rocking chair her momma rocked and quietly sang her babies to sleep..............

Thank you, K.
A beautiful post.
I am so very proud of the momma my baby has become!

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With Permission, I have attached the words of my daughter.
K, I love you so!

20 years.

scene:
every night. dinner just ended. i am clearing off plates, bj is sweeping the floor, erin is cleaning the table & my mom is doing dishes at the sink. love songs & dedications with glen hollace (why did you go off air glen?????) on 97.1 is playing on the old gray boom box located on the counter next to the fridge. my mom is singing to every song and dancing. no, she does not know every song, but still sings along. : ) sometimes we dance & sing along with her. sometimes we roll our eyes and discuss how we will never do such things when we are a mom.


scene:
a tired looking mom sitting in an old rocking chair purchased in 1978. she rocked her firstborn in that chair. now, she is rocking her newest little one to sleep in it. singing softly.


take out glen hollace, the perm and the blue eyeshadow and really, could be my mom in 1990 or me in 2010. i just thought it was kinda special when it hit me - she was 31 years old 20 years ago with a little baby (my brother john) just like i am 31 with a little baby.

13 comments:

joanne said...

Oh, AM, that is so sweet. How lovely to have this special memory shared with you. I still have the rocking chair that I rocked my babies in, now I just need one of them to have a baby! Take care...jj

Coffeypot said...

When you learn from the best you give out the best. She's a luck daughter,too, as is the other three.

Kelly C said...

aw - thanks, momma. i only ck blogs so often & am glad i was able to ck yours today! (i do not use reader, but anyway -) you can copy & paste, if you want. and i did not say "bad perm", only perm. ;) love you!

Bag Blog said...

It is amazing to watch our children with their children - passing on the good stuff.

-lisa- said...

Echoing previous comments it's apparent that your kids are raised in love and that's a beautiful legacy to pass on to the next generation.

Unknown said...

jj...I pray you know this joy.....one day!

Unknown said...

coffeypot...truly, I am the one who is blessed to have been given the four gifts... God chose me to mother.

Unknown said...

k...Thank you for allowing me to copy, your words are so very sweet. As for the perm, we have the photos as evidence....I thought I was stylin' with the 80's perm...it's looking back now that I ask, 'what I was thinking?' Love you!

Unknown said...

bag-blog...truly, watching my girls with their girls is one of the most beautiful sights in all the world! I'm so thankful to be able to be here and see my daughters as mothers!

Unknown said...

afwing mom....as I whispered to my youngest daughter right before she gave birth to her daughter..."you will now know how very much I love you!"

MightyMom said...

it's the little fleeting moments that make the best memories!

thanks for sharing...blue eyeshadow and all.

Unknown said...

mightymom...thank you for taking the time to read these words!

Unknown said...

mightymom...thank you for taking the time to read these words!