Life bumps. It wiggles. It settles.
It's bewildering to compare the Kitten baby and me of now to the Kitten baby and me when he was first born. Five months ago found me fully enveloped in each moment. We survived. We met one another. Life was fully engaging, magical, and draining.
I was getting to know my precious newborn.
Now my darling baby is getting to know the world.
Kitten baby jumps and bounces in his toys. He collects things with ever stronger fingers. He giggles with his big-brother-playmate. His demands on me are much less urgent and frequent. Now I am throwing myself more and more into other parts of living, like creating and playing. I am trying to stay connected with the things that matter most, to give myself fully to my children in several scattered moments. (I'm incapable of constant complete attention. I think all of us are.)
For many of my friends and loved ones, life is rather bumpy. I send them love and send God prayers. But for us, at this moment, life has settled.
I think I like where we are.
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So well put. Isn't it amazing how they awaken to the world? And this age is wonderful in that they're so sociable yet not as demanding, as you wrote. Here's hoping you get some more crafty time in too!
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