i love looking back. seeing things for what they are now and then seeing where i was at then in comparison.
last year at the MLK bell ringing ceremony - i was big baby bellied. we were full to the brim with obama hope.
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this year i was a little late. little brother tied up in the mei tai. we didn’t get there in time for a bell.
but we did make it for “the laaaaaand of the freeeeee and the home of the braaaave!”
big brother was a little too wiggly and giggly to sit through the whole ceremony -
but we did get a close up glimpse of those rockin’ drums.
we snuck out early with cousins and friends in tow. out to the art tables and we celebrated that way.
with color-full paper doll crowns and lemonade.
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back at home we parked in the sun shining on our driveway.
luc crawled up to the front seat and we had a makeshift picnic lunch in our car.
we talked of then. of martin luther king jr.
we talked of now.
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then he jumped out the car door and ran around in the grass – happy as can be.
perfectly fitting for a day of sunshine and celebrating.
Monday, January 18, 2010
in retrospect
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Deep in my heart, I do believe. . .
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to know that 6 of my little babies were pausing with their parents to celebrate today. I'll gather the other 3 tonight for some bell ringin' and joyful noise makin'!
You are making a difference!
I love that you do this, Lin. What a great tradition. Inspiring. There's nothing like that happening over here, but I did tell Noah about MLK yesterday, and we listened to his speech on youtube (well I did, the boys quickly ran off to race cars). But it was in the background, that counts right?
ReplyDeleteOnce again, you inspire me. What a wonderful way to commemorate a truly remarkable man.
ReplyDeleteAnd a car picnic? What could be better than that?
happy day.
ReplyDeleteand look at you takin' amazing pictures with your new fancy camera!
thanks for sharing our tradition.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a good mom Lin!
ReplyDeleteLove ya!