linking with emily's imperfect prose
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Hush
hush, baby, i want to take in all of you right now, want to memorize your impossible black eyelashes leaving shadows on your cheek, those stone-colored eyes i've never seen on another little boy, make constellations in your freckles that match mine just-so. hush, little one, everyone else is sleeping, but i'm not afraid of you waking them; i'm afraid we'll lose this moment of just us, the house all dark and still, and only us awake and sitting here. you grabbed my hand and i couldn't believe you would, that mama-love despite being busy-four, and so i rake your curls and shssssh you. hush, my love, for just a little while tonight.
linking with emily's imperfect prose
linking with emily's imperfect prose
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Such a sweet quiet moment. I remember those days...
i know this... breathe in those babes deep, beautiful.
tugged at me so , these words.
there isn't anything quite like it.
thank you for bringing me back.
( sorry I've been taking so long to get 'round to everyone ;()
Tears. This is so sweet, Misty. You're a wordsmith and a heart-seer.
You have beautifully captured this tender moment in your words. I love the "constellations in your freckles."
Splendiferous! Real and for true. I hope your baby will read this someday for himself.
Sighing with the sweet peace of this.
what a beautiful moment you captured...makes me think of those early days with my boys...i still look at them in awe...smiles.
Yes, friend, take in every moment. Savor them.
oh I remember...
It is great to read this along with all of the other moms who are commenting. We share this moment with each other, moms of all time have had this experience with their little ones. And still, it is our own private memory we think of. One that even our children will not remember. As if we were the only ones in that moment - ours alone, and ours to share with other moms. So unique.
Do Fathers have these secret rendezvous as well?
Oh that was totally me when my nephew was a baby! His mother got him everyday, I figured. On the rare treat days when I was in town and terribly jetlagged, I wanted the early-morning moments to never end...
You have captured such a precious moment. I miss those quiet times nursing my girls so long ago. Thank you for the time travel.
Wow, the memories that brings back, but then I still experience those kinds of moments now, if I will sit still long enough for them.
Beautiful words. Do cherish the truth they represent!
Blessings,
Kara
This is lovely Misty. These are precious moments - imprinted on our hearts.
so sweet and warm. don't you wish you could bottle up the scent of them?
Ohhhhh....YES. Hush you big clumsy 'fours' and let mamma hold you longer!
So sweet. Your words capture this unique and universal moment so well. I still cherish these times with my "baby" who will be 8 this month. I think I'll be bribing him soon to let me cuddle him up.
misty i'm crying... how you've captured it. and for more of these... but then, they wouldn't be as special, would they? and how time flies. you are a good, good mama. and an excellent writer. xo
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