Sunday, September 19, 2010

graduation 2011


"Are you sentimental?"
She'd asked innocently,
wondering if perhaps
she was a touch too sentimental about the whole thing.
I, without a thought, answered, "Oh, yeah."
"Your first one's the toughest, though," I added
as her eyes brimmed with tears and her voice got shaky.
Then
I sort of felt bad for not being more sentimental;
being a veteran graduator and all has hardened me, I guess.

As I was nursing Lexi later,
I began making a mental list of the things that needed doing.
(I sometimes envy those with kids graduating
from 'regular' school - all they gotta do is show up)
Then I started thinking
about what pictures we might want to use in Tony's video.
I haven't taken many pictures of Tony lately
I'll need to get better about that.
I thought back to different things he's done in the past few years
and regretted the lack of photographic evidence.
A kazillion hours spent working on his sister's house
and not one photo.
Darn!
That was pretty much his entire summer last year.
and I have no record of it
save the one in my mind
and we all know how reliable that's been lately.
So
I went further back in my mind
picturing photos that we do have.
I got to one taken in the playroom in Ft Smith.
TJ and Tony were laying on a pile of pillows
and T was reading to Ton'.
A Hardy Boys mystery, I think.
And my chest got heavy
and my throat started to tighten up.
My eyes began to sting a little.
I had to stop that thought train right there!

Maybe I'm not as tough as I thought.
I'm not ready to graduate another baby!!

3 comments:

  1. crud, i don't have any of him workin either. Why do we never pull out the camera for things like that?
    I do believe, however, that i have a pic of us at the razorback game... I'll see what few recent pics i've got...

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  2. Is he really old enough to graduate? When did he grow up??
    This year will fly by...
    :-)

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