:: spent the day with our very…so very…sweet sixteen today…
that 20-year-old…now a sweet 16…and a 13’er come january…
these birthdays are killin’ me!
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dear 20,
it truly doesn’t seem that long ago…
but i was only you when i first held so tight to him…
and i truly tried so hard not to…
but i must’ve blinked…
because just two short minutes into this day…my baby…became you!
and i’m just not liking it all that much…
and i just keep having these tears so much of the time…
very sincerely,
me
self portrait
– september, 1996
dear america the beautiful,
that was a fun birthday party!
happy 236th birthday!
we love you!
very sincerely,
me
bookends
– hannah’s image
dear honey,
‘member when we were just babies…
…and we had a baby?
and then…we blinked…
and we weren’t so young anymore…
and there were seven more…plus that one?
what a lucky girl i am! to be growing up alongside you…
what lucky little people they are! the luckiest little people there ever was…
to have a daddy like you!
happy…happy…father’s day!
very sincerely,
me (for all of us)
– the very first “father-son” chat (october 24, 1992)
the p-town theatre troupe
– presents –
MY LIFE
– cast of characters –
honey……………………………..the provider of things………………………………jason
darc………………………………the washer of the things….………………………..darcie
i’ya………………………………………..the guitarist……………………………………….alex
emmie…………………………………….the knitter………………….………………….emma
hannah-girl………………………………the artist.……………………………………hannah
clairie…………………………………..the bookworm…………….……………………..claire
bits………………………………………….the giggler…………………………………elisabeth
jack……………………………………..the ear-bender…………………………………….john
will………………………………………the lisp-bearer………………………………..william
baby…………………………………………the chub…………………………………………eian
shows daily!
dear (bigger) little people,
i needed a lil’ giggle this mornin’…
and since laughing at your expense is always funner than laughing at my own…i looked up some old pictures of you…
this one did the trick…
and then i thought…
hmmm…thought i…
“they wouldn’t want me to keep this to myself…they’d want me to share…to spread the giggles and the smiles…”
‘cause i know you would!
so…you’re welcome!
very sincerely,
me (your naughty mama)
p.s.
and because you’ve always…secretly…been my favorite…
– those first three out on our property (june, 2002)
dear boy o’ mine,
thanks for making all that nummy sketti sauce and dinner last night.
you made your mama’s life a little bit easier…again…
the freezer’s full…my heart’s full…
and if you ever move out…you’ll rip it right outta my chest…
very sincerely,
me (your grateful mama)
another 2k…worth o’ words!
oh my goodness! how long has it been since i’ve shamelessly displayed pictures of my adorable little people?
i agree! entirely too long!
so here’s a couple of shots…of the littlest two, at least…after alex and emma got a hold of ‘em…
kojak…minus his “lolly”…
…and our little “hip hopper”, 2 bitz!
get it? kojak…ko-jack…‘cause he looks like the bald guy with a serious addiction to lollypops who’d always say, “who loves ya, baby?”…and, well, he’s a baby?
okay…
then how about 2 bitz…‘cause she’s two…and we call her “bits”…but i changed it to a “z” on account of the whole “hip hop” thing. and there’s that rapper who calls himself “50 cent”…which, now that i think about it, doesn’t really make much cents…i mean sense…because “two bits” was actually the colonial equivalent of about 25¢, not 50…
well…anyway…you get the picture…
get it?
“picture”?
okay! alright! enough already!
– june 22, 2006