What is it about water that draws young children like a moth to a flame? Is it the danger? Every child realizes the danger when they gulp that first gallon of water and realize just how much they take breathing for granted... Is it the mystery? It's an entirely different, beautifully silky world down there where things like fish not only see, but actually live full time. Or do children, somehow, inherently understand that water empowers human beings of any age to simply...play (if we let ourselves) and that play is at core, essential to the well-being of the human soul. Well, at this point I seriously doubt Ethan and Ezra understand that...but I think I do. And in witnessing to and joining in their play, I can honestly say that I am becoming more of who I was created to be...a creature at play in the world. For that, my sons, I am truly grateful.
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One of my greatest fears is that I will, little by little, begin to forget the series of seemingly insignificant events of my boys' early years. Perhaps I fear this because I know that these years are THE most formative. On second thought, it's not so much that I fear forgetting but I fear that there will come a day when I do not know my own children. Perhaps my hope is that if I pay attention now...I will know them better then, and in turn, they will know me.
3 comments:
Oh, Lon, you taped them!!!! That is the absolute cutest thing. My heart overflows with love for these little ones!!! The only thing missing from those pictures are grandma and Grandpa in the water too!!!
Precious... Absolutely precious. Your little men are amazing! GREAT JOB ETHAN!!! Ezzie too!
Makes Aunt Summer SOOOO proud
I see water in a whole new way now. "It's an entirely different, beautifully silky world down there."
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