echo

yesterday, as i was reading my son a picture book that we read a lot something exciting happened. he's 10 1/2 months old now. he was really, really tired when i was reading it with him, it was almost bath and bed time. (we have 3 cats, this is important.) i was flipping through the pages identifying what was on each page, "apple, balloon, clock, rabbit, keyhole, hill..."etc. and he was silently, but attentively, flipping the pages. and when we got to the page of a cat he said, "mwarrrahhahaam!" and flipped the page. i think it was his version of "meow". yay! he can tell what representations of real things are! he knows what a cat is!

and just now i was looking at photos of wellfleet, ma on cape cod where i went growing up with my parents. i have very fond memories of wellfleet and would love a summer house there. it's a *little* pricey but i still dream. there was a photo of a beach near where we used to stay, and a photo of the water close up.

and all of a sudden- SO CLEARLY i could see my parents. on the beach. dad getting ready to take the boat out to go fishing. mom reading a book, feet in the sand. i could FEEL them. as though those things are still happening...just happening very, very far away.

clear as a damn bell. i see you, mom and dad. i hear you, i feel you. a part of us is still on that beach. enjoying life together.