"Our family..." said Adam contentedly as we ambled at twilight through our neighborhood. He smiled, then looked a little shocked: "Wow, our family of five!"
"I know, right?" I said, laughing as Liam leaned back in the carrier on my back, stretching like an acrobat to see the sky. "When did that happen?"
Dog, baby, dog...
Our family is growing...growing larger, growing happier, growing to know and love each other better...
It is a beautiful thing.
As Adam just said to me: "Love is seeing more and more of the individual person and loving them more and more for being that person..."
And then, as he also just said to me..."Ok, enough of this weepy-sort-of-such-and-such."
A final thought: tonight on our walk, we walked past someone I knows house. Hers is a sad story. Last year, while she was working abroad, her partner died. He was found dead in the house and she never got to say goodbye. I noticed today that outside her front door, a yellow rose bush was in full bloom. It occurred to me then, that the last time that rose bush blossomed, the man she loved was alive. I started to tell Adam this, and he said, "I know. You don't even have to say it."
And so, I don't think I need to belabor the point, but it is good to cherish those in our lives, to live in the moment, and to love well, laugh often, and live peacefully.
A brief Father's Day Retrospective...
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