A year ago Vivian was just learning to use her body in a whole new way: to walk on uneven surfaces, to stand still, to endure more intense physical feats. Today she runs down the sidewalk and can make it (most of the time) the two blocks to the park.
The thing about being an adult is that most of the time, growth and change doesn't just happen by existing. It's less physical and more about the head and the heart. It requires me to be intentional. And that can be really hard.
4 comments:
crawling?! watch out mama! boys move! how exciting!
oh yes. so true- and why do our head and heart bruises heal more slowly than the bodily ones?
(love that pic)
I never understood the phrase "sticks and stones..." because the as your friend Susannah has pointed out, the heart bruises do heal much more slowly. Love that J in J is here :)
The last paragraph... brilliant.
As always, I love your insight and perspective. You always make me think better and deeper... with my head and heart.
The first paragraph reminds me of how often I felt completely blown away when Preston was a baby and early toddler. He would just "do" things naturally - - things we painstakingly worked on with Gracie (and still are working on).
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