I have a soundtrack to my life and I can hear it. It inspires me and makes me happy that I have such great music to live to.
It reminds me of
grass under my barefeet,
underwater tea parties,
dress up,
riding my bike from corner to corner and feeling a little taller and more grown up because I could go 6 more houses down in each direction.
The ice cream man and all the wonders in his tiny truck.
the water hose - I drank from it, got sprayed with it and always tried to unscrew the nozzle to put the sprinkler on it.
the warm sidewalk on my belly to get dry. no towel. just sidewalk.
empty 5 gallon paint buckets filled with water were heavy but was so exciting because it was a whole bunch of water at one time. It felt like a swimming pool to me.
Bologna sandwiches with a soda pop and a bag of Fritos.
the lemon tree in the back yard.
I bought my kids an ice cream off the ice cream truck the other day. We heard the truck coming down the street. The kids asked if they could have one and I told them yes, and told them to run out of the house yelling "STOP!"........ and when they did I got teary eyed, because I remember the way it felt when I was a kid to do that. I was so happy they were getting the same experience. It was a feeling of pricelessness.
They sprinted to the truck and I walked. Walking up on them and seeing them pick what they wanted from the side of the truck made me want to stop time. There was nothing more important to me at that moment. The lump in my throat got bigger. I figured I'd better pull it together because by the time I reached the ice cream man I'd be a crying ball bag of a mess.
I saw them standing there waiting patiently, excited. Seth looked at me and saw that I was emotional.. He asked what was wrong and I didnt know how to tell him I was just happy for them to be getting an ice cream from the ice cream truck. ha! geez. Im crying now just thinking about how much I love my babies, and how blessed I am that God chose me to intrust them to. There is no better feeling than being a Mom.
There's just not.
p.s. the BOMB POP was mine
