last may 12th, our family joined in celebration to honor the bat mitzvah of marlee - her jewish 'coming of age' in a sense. on that special day, we were lucky enough to be part of our daughter's special moment, and she made us very proud. a truly mature and thoughtful young lady full of poise and (lots of!) energy.
it seems as if he blink and these moments go by. and then, a month has passed, and soon enough, we are recalling the event from a yearly distance. it rains today, a gloomy monday promising a verdant spring ... and it's easy to reflect on how much has actually happened in this one little year. and we see the kids, growing taller than we, and wonder how they were just toddlers, tugging at our pant legs.
these life cycle events mark these passages through time, and in good measure sustain us through the more arduous aspects of life. at the onset of summer last year, we griped about how 'tired' we were from planning two major events in the course of one year, not to mention a kids' BBQ party, a large parlor evening, and all of regular life heaped on top of that. and now, we think how worth it it all has been - happy kids, grounded, who know who they are and where they've come from. yes, we moan and complain when they act completely crazy, but frankly, i' hear them do the same about us!
a year. jane and i have friends that were well at this time last year, who themselves have battled cancer in the course of these past twelve months. all are fighters, all soldier on, all have great things in their lives that have surely reinforced their determination to move forward. and jane, who herself could not have imagined that she would too be in this not-too-exclusive club. she would probably not have believed that this may 12th she'd be looking back to last may 12th, thinking how much less complicated life was on that day.
it seems as if he blink and these moments go by. and then, a month has passed, and soon enough, we are recalling the event from a yearly distance. it rains today, a gloomy monday promising a verdant spring ... and it's easy to reflect on how much has actually happened in this one little year. and we see the kids, growing taller than we, and wonder how they were just toddlers, tugging at our pant legs.
these life cycle events mark these passages through time, and in good measure sustain us through the more arduous aspects of life. at the onset of summer last year, we griped about how 'tired' we were from planning two major events in the course of one year, not to mention a kids' BBQ party, a large parlor evening, and all of regular life heaped on top of that. and now, we think how worth it it all has been - happy kids, grounded, who know who they are and where they've come from. yes, we moan and complain when they act completely crazy, but frankly, i' hear them do the same about us!
a year. jane and i have friends that were well at this time last year, who themselves have battled cancer in the course of these past twelve months. all are fighters, all soldier on, all have great things in their lives that have surely reinforced their determination to move forward. and jane, who herself could not have imagined that she would too be in this not-too-exclusive club. she would probably not have believed that this may 12th she'd be looking back to last may 12th, thinking how much less complicated life was on that day.
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