Monday, April 7, 2008

"this little light of mine" -frances england

my mama wrote me letters when i was in her belly. four little love letters written on a piece of notebook paper. she was twenty-five when i was born and i imagine her looking sort of like me a couple of years ago... twenty-five and belly all full of baby.
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twenty-seven years ago in this moment my mama was curled up on our orange plaid couch in her nightgown timing her contractions. i was born on a tuesday. in the afternoon on april seventh. they named me la-la-la-lovely lindsay ann. i went home from the hospital in a yellow volkswagen bug.
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two years ago in this moment i was at the end of my rope. i'd exhausted every ounce of strength/life that i hadn't even known i had. i squeezed my mama's hand. really hard. really hard. this little family andrey and i created of just the three of us was born in the wee hours of the morning on april seventh. we named him lucas jude. andrey held him first.
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two. is this for real? my baby. my boy. is turning two today. the weeks and months and years that have followed so quickly since i first saw his face. a flash of first baths/smiles/steps/loves right before our eyes. that first time - the first time i saw his face - i knew it was true... what they say about your heart walking around outside your body. there he was. a big giant chunk of my heart.
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my mama, lucas and me. we share this "birth" day.

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30 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday..guess what, it is my birthday too. Hope you have a lovely and special day. xo

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  2. Happy happy birthday to you Lovely Lindsay and Lucas Love. I love that I can be here to celebrate this day with you. Two years ago I had been here several weeks waiting for Lukey to be born. We should have known that he would do everything he could to be born on his mama's birthday! This will be an exciting day filled with happy activity as we outwardly celebrate our deep inward joy for the gift of our babies. Much love to you both.

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  3. Happy Birthday Lindsay!!
    Happy Birthday Lucas!!
    What a wonderful special day to share together. I hope you guys have a wonderful day :)

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  4. A 'Happy Birthday' all around! It seems only appropriate that Mr. Lucas Jude would come into this world on your birthday. A special day for you to share.

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  5. That is really a special thing to share together with your child Lindsay. Happy Birthday to you both.

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  6. Birthday Wishes to the both of you... what a special day.

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  7. happy happy birthday linnnn and luc! i love you guys! thanks for being my friend a real long time. i can't wait to seeeeeeee you!!!!! :)
    have a sweety birthday.

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  8. Happy Happy Birthday Lindsay dear!

    and your little Lucas too!

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  9. Happy birthday Lin and Luc!! You are so lucky to share the same birthday! It just happens to also be the anniversary of the day Mark and I went to the Temple and became an eternal family!! What a precious day this is!

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  10. What a great story! Happy Birthday to you both.

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  11. Lins-
    I love the way you write. Its so simple, but places so many images in my mind. Like I have been standing by you your entire life- watching. And soaking up all the love that your family has. I can't believe little lucas is 2! Time has gone by so fast! I hope that you all have a wonderful day. When are you coming to UT again? Soon right? Let me know. I need to take you out for a late birthday lunch! LOVE YA!

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  12. Happy Birthday to you and little Lucas. You are both beautiful!

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  13. Happy birthday Lin and Lucas, I hope you have a great day...enjoy♥

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  14. Happy Birthday Linds!!! And Lukie! What a fun day this is. And what a beautiful post this is. I'm always amazed that you take the time to soak up the important things going on around you. The rest of us move too quickly past it all. Thanks for helping us see it too.

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  15. found you again today--randomly from a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend's blog. i saw a post about your b-day on dandeedesigns website and there you were again! i can't believe what a small world it is. i guess you know my friend, Jessie (met her in michigan), my husband's cousins that grew up in tri-cities area (Andersons--Penny, Tiffany), and maybe a girl in my ward (in Idaho) that lived there for a while (that's where i found the most recent post about you)--Becky Muir. So, I thought I'd send you Happy Birthday wishes today since I feel like I should know you. That's amazing that your son was born on your b-day. So great. Hope you have a great day. I promise I'm not stalking you--I just keep "running into you" online!

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  16. Happy Birthday, Lindsay! Happy Birthday Lucas! What a sweet recollection of the stories of births. I hope you are enjoying this day!

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  17. Happy Birthday Lindsay and Lucas!! I hope you had a wonderful day!

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  18. Happy Birthday Lindsay and little Lucas. So happy to know you BOTH!

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  19. gorgeous, as always. happy birthday to you and to lucas - the sweetest of people seem to be born on april 7th : )

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  20. such a beautiful heartfelt post. thanks for sharing. happy days!

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  21. Happy birthday beautiful girls and boy! Hope you had a wonderful day of celebrating!

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  22. Happy Birthday Two You and You! What a special little birthday gift. I didn't realize you and Mitch had back to back birthdays.

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  23. i can't believe it's been a full year since we got together to celebrate luc turning one. and here he is already turning two. (and i wonder: am i doing the right things with all this time that keeps flying by?) love you both and hope you have wonderful birthday celebrations.

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  24. Wow, you share a birthday! Soulmates! I hope it was wonderful : )

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  25. Lindsay, call me I for sure want to hang out while you are in town. 502.6623....

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  26. Happy Birthday Lindsay! Best wishes for many more happy, healthy years!

    J :)

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  27. What a sweet blog! I hope you both had a great birthday!
    JIll

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  28. You are amazing. That was really neat to read. Life is a beautiful thing! Happy Belated Birthday!

    http://redcloversunshine.blogspot.com

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