“What a difference it makes to come home to a child!”
― Margaret Fuller
I mentioned yesterday that everything seems cold and dark and dead in winter in Minnesota, but that's not entirely true. You just have to look harder to see the life...Usually. There are always birds around, and every time a new coating of snow appears, so do the tracks of squirrels, rabbits and other critters.
But, there are other signs of life that make themselves known, very loudly and very clearly! The life of a newborn baby fills this house with sights, sounds, and wonder. (Between the car seat, bouncy-chair, diapers, crib, cradle, bins of clothing, changing table, dresser, blankets, etc., etc., Scarlett Rose Cayetano has also filled this house with STUFF! I had forgotten how much a baby “needs.” )
In Scarlett's short life I have already had a couple of those moments when a completely monotonous situation suddenly seems monumental to me. Seeing MY daughter walking through the grocery store with HER daughter the other day was one of those moments.
We had gone our separate ways to tackle our lists. When I went to find her again, I saw her across the store, and she looked like any other mom making her way through the produce department. For a moment, she wasn't just the person my daughter had become, she was a fellow MOM. She had a little BABY with her. If I hadn't know her, I might have wondered how old the baby was, if it was a boy or girl, if the baby was crabby or a "good" baby, if the mom could appreciate the journey she was just beginning. It's hard to put all the feelings that went through my head in that instant into words, but it was kind of amazing.
I am blessed to be able to witness and participate in this new chapter in Erica and Shane's life!
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