Tag Archives: “madeline second year”

when…

when...

when did
this baby of
mine, become a
little girl?
it must have
happened when we
were out having fun.

why is it…

why is it...

that my favorite
photos of us,
always seem to
include balloons?
(see?)

i really like…

i really like...

watching you explore
your world,
wherever in the
world we happen to be.
but i was
a little scared
when you climbed
this ladder.
it seems that
you have no
fear, which is
something i really love
about you.
but please be
careful, because i
don’t need any more
gray hair.

i couldn’t help….

i couldn't help....

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 [...]

 

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