Frozen Moments [froh-zuh n moh-muh nts]
noun 1. A painfully fleeting instant that parents long to freeze-frame forever inside their brains so as to never forget it or let it melt away … it’s that good.
Moment: My 11-year-old son, sitting in my neighbor’s front yard on a colorful, sun-dappled fall Sunday, his shoeless feet tucked beneath him in the soft green clover and his head supporting a most decidedly dapper black top hat and sporting a curled and fuzzy felt mustache—playing the trumpet, yes, trumpet—earnestly entertaining our neighbor while he raked and bagged piles of crunchy leaves, the sunlight mischievously arcing off the glossy brass instrument directly into the eyes of unsuspecting drivers. Now this …. THIS … is a moment I never want to forget. May that picture forever be imprinted in my head; and may my son perpetually remain the kid who can get it into his head to dress up like the Monopoly guy and serenade a hard working …
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judy m
3:28 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A friend forwarded me this and I absolutely adored it. I read some of your others and am just falling in love with your very real and honest stories. I can tell you are the real thing, a mom making her way in this world. I especially liked the charlie brown apple tree and growing pains. I'm officially a follower. more ›