Family Matters
After a tough week, Easter came at the perfect time. As I sat on my parents lawn with "Baby Australia" watching my husband, dad, brothers goof around on the quad and skate board, I took a deep breath and started to cry. It wasn't for any particular reason, other than I was just plain happy.
Life has lots of kinks and twists, but ultimately the things that are most important are the people you love... and to be loved! I wish I could have captured that exact moment in a picture to keep with me forever.
Do ever have those kinds of moments?
Life has lots of kinks and twists, but ultimately the things that are most important are the people you love... and to be loved! I wish I could have captured that exact moment in a picture to keep with me forever.
Do ever have those kinds of moments?
posted by Anonymous at 4/17/2006 10:33:00 AM
3 Comments:
I became a baby when I had Piper. Everything that relates to motherhood and family makes me cry. Its like it just opened up how sweet and sacred life is and how lucky I am. My good friend at work is 32 and wants to be married and wants a baby and it makes me realize when I am cooking dinner and doing things for my family that that is what life is about, family and I am so lucky to have it.. even when it hard because a lot of people long for it and can't have it.
I am the "emotional" one in my relationship, and yes it sucks to admit that I am a man, and I cry more often than my wife. I guess I should make it clear that I "shed a tear" more often. I don't ever "cry." I do not cry because life is hard, nor do I cry because I am overwhelmed. I shed tears because I am either a) grateful, b) touched by someone elses pain, or c) touched by beautiful experiences. Therefore, I sometimes get teary when I think of my wife, my mom and my dad, and my friends. A few of the movies I have shed a tear while watching: Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, The Mission, the Testaments, and The Notebook (I know, I know). I only cry in movies when I feel invested in people. I think I have a good idea of when I am being really manipulated, and when that manipulation is subtle (all movies are manipulating by definition. The good ones make you not realize it.) I DO NOT cry over fake sentimentality, so you will not find me crying in any movie with Jennifer Lopez in it.
Done.
I used to be more suceptible to "shedding a tear", but going through some of the experiences that I have it hardens you. That doesn't mean that I am not still moved, nor touched by the things around me. I am just more of a rock, because of this life. I do love my family, my friends, and my girl, but I am afraid that I have shed all the tears I have to give. Who knows maybe actually having a family that will last will soften me up. As for right now, I feel cold as steel sometimes. But hey that is just me. Thanks for sharing that experience Ma'ma.
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