Slices of Life
Visions of Babies
More longing for days gone by.
When many of us moms (and dads, I suppose) first became conscious of wanting to have children and become parents, we often had very concrete images in our minds. We still return to those images even as the years pass. For some, these images are focused on playing a game of catch or kicking a soccer ball around in the backyard. For others, it’s about the inviolable bonds of unconditional love that flow from parent to child and from child to parent. Some look forward to guiding their children through new experiences, including travel to enriching and/or exciting places. For many of us, it’s about sharing the best aspects of our own childhood (places we loved to visit, books that changed our lives, etc.) and sheltering our kids from the …
Joanna Dunn
5:01 am on Sunday, March 25, 2012
Lisa, Thought about your article when I held a friend's newborn the other day. What is it about those long tiny fingers and little wise expressions?! Such a wonder to behold. You really captured the physicality of holding, comforting, and nurturing a baby. And also how a mom has to go through stages of evolution as her child's needs change. more ›