Thursday, January 31, 2013

Thoughts on a Thursday

I know I don’t usually post on Thursdays, but I colored my hair this morning.  A process I admit to going through every 6 or 7 weeks, because I much prefer Chestnut to salt and pepper.  As I gathered the things I needed, I grabbed an old towel from a stack of old towels on the bottom shelf in the linen closet. Soft and yellow, the color of a baby duck.  The towel Amy picked out before our first trip to Honolulu more than 6 years ago.  We bought three cheap towels to pack along for the beach because we weren’t sure if motels provided beach towels.  (They do.  We know that now.)  And as I touched the soft yellow towel, I felt like crying.  Amy was only up to my shoulders when this towel was new. 

I don’t deny it. It’s been an incredible experience, watching Amy grow up-slowly and surely making the transformation from child to adult while working through the process of defining herself. She wants to be an archaeologist and she’s starting to consider where to go to college to pursue her dream.  She’s excited about her future-and that makes me excited for her, because I love her and I want her to find her place out in the big wide world.

Wherever that may be.

It’s just that those soft yellow baby duck colored towel moments can be a little tough.

8 comments:

  1. Watching them grow is so wonderful, and so hard sometimes too.

    I color my hair every 7 weeks. I hate doing it, but I also hate all the gray more.

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    1. I hate it too Lisa! But you don't know how comforting it is to know that I'm now the only one!! Now I just wish our ducklings didn't grow up so fast:)

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  2. Awww, that is so sweet. I don't have any kids yet, but my sister often talks about how my nephew is growing up too fast. I bet it just slips by so quickly when you're raising little ones.

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    1. Tammy, time sure does slip away! I'm trying to hold on to every moment:)

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  3. OH HUGS HUGS I know exactly how you feel. B

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    1. I'm glad B. I'll need all the moral support I can get when Amy moves out:) Hugs to you too:)

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  4. Oh, you made me get a little teary-eyed. Cut that out. I'm only allowed to get choked up over my own daughters, not someone (even you, sweet friend) esle's daughter.

    (hug) and

    I'm sure hope Amy's dreams and education come true.

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    1. Oh Renae-thanks! We can be teary-eyed together:) Hugs to you as well:)

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