Sunday, February 27, 2011

Past Presents and Future





Today was a busy day.  Along with all our regular farm chores like cleaning barns, laundry, animals and cooking, I went to a charming baby shower today for Rebecca and her husband Kyle.  Such a beautiful young woman, with a peaches and cream complexion; largely close to a delivery date. The surprise was total, the food scrumptious, the gifts bounteous.  It brought to mind the early memories of my first of four pregnancies: how well I felt, how excited about the future.  Such occasions leave me misty eyed as I see my children grown, with full lives of their own.  It seems like yesterday they toddled around our home with rosey cheeks, full of laughter.  It makes me miss the hub-hub of those early years.  With my daughter Rachel also expecting, it brings home the mortality of life.  They bring to us what comes after; our legacy and future.  In the meantime, we go about our humble lives, only able to guess at the future laid before us.

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