i couldn’t help….

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but see your

mom

in this photo.

we used to

come to this place,

and walk

down this same street,

and talk about

a future with you,

before you were you,

and watch similar

clouds roll

over us.

and last year i

was here with you,

but you couldn’t walk,

and you had no

words for the

things you loved

and hated.

and now…

you walk these

streets with me,

picking up rocks,

throwing them as

far as you can,

yelling “birdie”

and “fock”

(which i think is frog, but sounds more like “fuck”),

and yelling for

any person who may

be too far

ahead or behind

you on this road.

and i think about

a future with you,

a future that

will be nothing

short of perfect,

despite the imperfect start.

so keep running,

throwing, and kinda

swearing, ’cause

it makes me happy.

19 Comments

  1. Posted 1/16/2010 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    Beautiful picture of Maddy!!

  2. Lindsay from Florida
    Posted 1/16/2010 at 5:03 pm | Permalink

    “and i think about
    a future with you,
    a future that
    will be nothing
    short of perfect,
    despite the imperfect start.”

    Gave me chills.

  3. Shannon in Canada
    Posted 1/17/2010 at 12:24 am | Permalink

    Beautiful picture of Miss Maddy!! Yes, she does look just like her mama in this shot…bittersweet for you, I am sure!! :) Beautiful words as always Matt…hope you are having an awesome time in Mexico :)

  4. Marnie :)
    Posted 1/17/2010 at 4:07 pm | Permalink

    she is gorgeous, just like her mom.

  5. Heidi S in Alberta
    Posted 1/17/2010 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

    Oh man, I CANNOT wait for your book! Maybe an early release is in order?

  6. Posted 1/19/2010 at 11:52 am | Permalink

    Wow Liz this is all I can say about that photo!

  7. Laura from MN
    Posted 1/22/2010 at 5:02 am | Permalink

    gulp

  8. Hannah M. in the CA
    Posted 1/22/2010 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    gorgeous!!

  9. Lauren
    Posted 1/24/2010 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    thanks Matt.
    you made me cry.

  10. Posted 1/24/2010 at 10:22 pm | Permalink

    So very bittersweet.

  11. Mrs. Harrison Ford
    Posted 1/26/2010 at 12:48 am | Permalink

    Just wait until she actually says, “Fuck.” It will be momentus. You will laugh.

  12. DawnH
    Posted 1/29/2010 at 12:32 am | Permalink

    She certainly looks like her mom in that one! And Maddy has the most amazing collection of dresses! Living in England my little one hardly has the chance to wear dresses and I covet Maddy’s awesome dress wardrobe and all the sunshine you two enjoy!

  13. Posted 2/5/2010 at 11:22 pm | Permalink

    Vida (almost Maddie’s age) calls squirrels, ‘fro-ders’. It took a month for me to figure that one out. For the longest time, we thought she was saying, ‘oh shit’ but it was ocean or at least we convinced ourselves and her.

  14. ramazan
    Posted 2/6/2010 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

    you are best dad & husband in this world

  15. Flávia Almeida
    Posted 2/9/2010 at 9:12 am | Permalink

    You made me cry…

  16. Nina
    Posted 2/11/2010 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    I think that after reading everything you have written in this blog for nearly 2 years, this one affected me the most.
    I’ve always said and thought how lucky Maddy is to have a father who literally gives her the world, “despite the imperfect start”.

  17. Posted 3/3/2010 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    Totally agree with Nina’s comment…she is lucky to have you for a dad.

  18. Angela
    Posted 7/13/2010 at 10:24 am | Permalink

    Now, this one made me cry. And she does look just like her mother. You two are lucky to have each other for the rest of your lives.

  19. Maijken from Oregon
    Posted 7/14/2010 at 12:23 am | Permalink

    *chokes up again*

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