Reading stories in the rocking chair at bedtime, locks of her fair hair falling into mine; dark and light weaving together.
Glancing back from the driver's seat to glimpse a small body nestled into the car seat, blond head bobbing rhythmically to the music playing on the radio.
The sheer joy of nakedness streaking past me after a bath, face full of mirth, squeaky clean scent wafting off baby soft skin.
Sleepered feet padding down the hallway, eyes squinty against the morning light, hair fuzzy, lovey clutched tightly in small arms, greeting me with a sleepy smile.
A sweet, high-pitched voice, sing-songing nursery rhymes, snippets of songs she has learned, and startlingly accurate imitations of things she has heard and seen. A whole internal monologue made external.
The same high-pitched voice calling me "Mama," always needing, sometimes maddeningly so.
Arms reaching up to be carried. The fit of small legs on either side of my waist, even as her weight becomes almost too much.
Tickles and squeals of delight and out-of-control flailing limbs.
The fit of a her frame against mine in quiet moments, chin tucked over my shoulder, arms around my neck, pouring comfort between us to share.
These are the images that no flood, no fire, no crashed hard drive can take from me. These are the pictures I hope to keep locked in the safe deposit box of my memory forever.
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Major swoon. And I never say swoon :) such a beautiful post. Motherhood really becomes you!!!
ReplyDeleteWelllll... I have my moments. ;)
DeleteBeautiful! We can't capture everything on film, and really to do so would ruin the moment. I LOVE the pre or post-bath naked runaround. It fills me with joy.
ReplyDeleteKids have it right. We should all streak around naked and take such joy in it!
DeleteOh my. Beautiful. I was right there in each of those moments with you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sue.
DeleteHow beautiful. I love how you capture the emotions of motherhood perfectly, things that can't be captured by a camera.
ReplyDeleteVery poetic description of motherhood!
ReplyDeleteThey really will be locked in your memory forever. :)
ReplyDeletePurty with a capital P!! I love my camera too and the tribute to moments that cannot be captured on film touched me. Truly. Erin
ReplyDeleteOh gosh...you made me get all choked up.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful, Amanda.
xo
Even though there weren't any photographs in the post, your writing was clear as a photograph. Well-done! (-:
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You will always have those "photographs" in your head, just for you
ReplyDeleteI love this, so much.
ReplyDeleteThose moments of motherhood that I, too, hope to etch in my mind and heart and wherever else I can.
This is lovely, you. Pure lovely.
Such a beautiful quote and so true. I love it when my kids first wake up in the morning. Sarah's hair is always crazy and all over the place and her big brown eyes are smiling. Jack loves a morning snuggle and pats my back. I love that.
ReplyDeleteThis post is so beautifully written, it took my breath away. You so eloquently put words to those precious moments shared between mother and child.
ReplyDeleteSo beautifully written and you've captured each of the moments I love so much.
ReplyDeleteMany times I wish I had started a blog sooner so that I could have saved these memories...I do have a keepsake book for each child as I find you forget. {you can't imagine you ever will, but you do!}
Hope you're feeling good?
Getting there! :)
DeleteI loved this...so very, very sweet :) Simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, those sweet moments!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet Amanda, and you are so right! It's those moments we can't snap with a camera, instead we have to hold them in our heart.
ReplyDeleteComing by from PYHO.. Oh how I miss those moments although mine were with boys.. they grow up entirely too quickly anymore.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love those sweet moments, and your right. Nothing can ever take them from us. Stopping by from PYHO
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Such perfect word pictures you've shared with us.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind that you didn't go with my topic. Your list was beautiful and true. I loved how you mentioned that none of these moments could be lost by any disaster.
ReplyDeleteYou've captured the sweetness of those moments so beautifully. On one hand, we love that we are experiencing them, determined to commit them to memory, but on the other, it would be nice to be able to capture them on a medium that is able to be shared.
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