Grandma Lanna and Grandpa Jim
Grandpa and Grandma came down to visit this weekend to celebrate "Dad's" birthday! Dad turned 59 on Feb 27 and we had a great time just visiting over the weekend. We were sitting around talking about birthday's we remember as being "greatly anticipated" and for Dad his was when he turned 15 - because he couldn't wait to turn 16 to get a license to drive! It's all about perspective we concluded. Lisa has great anticipation for "40" which is few years away - but seems to always be on her mind.... For me - I'm not sure I've got so much concern. The actual "birthday" isn't so significant to me right now - of course I'm only 35 and approaching that "middle age" thing I guess. Is the glass half full or half empty I suppose is what rattles around in my brain. I'm sure my perspective will change with time passing. I can remember a few of my earliest memories probably around 4 or 5 years old. One is of me standing in field of oats on the farm where we grew up - it's summer and I can only barely see over the oats - or maybe it's a memory from a picture I saw once - not really sure. I do remember a few Christmas' on the farm - one in particular when I got a puppy for present - must have been around 4 1/2 years old then - a golden retriever - I named him "Rusty" - what a present that was! Right now all Miles can think about is turning 5 ... Maybe Miles will remember all the "walks in the woods" that we try to take on Sunday's - whether he wants to or not sometimes I suspect - I don't care - we get to spend time just looking at things together and that's good for us. I wonder what the kids will remember from growing up....?
No comments:
Post a Comment