Since we are getting set to celebrate a very wonderful and real holiday this week, I’m feeling Thankful for a great many things. The biggest one is Family. Almost all other things I am thankful for come directly from the foundation of family, and are possible because of the strength of my family.
This is not a unique feeling, but it is my unique experience…I could enumerate all the yumminess of my family here, but why? You know what I’m talking about. I’m just looking forward to a week of taking my little family in and absorbing all of their individual personalities, awkwardness, delightfulness, various quirks and general loveliness.
One thing I’ve noticed this week is that no matter how cranky I get, Alice always just loves me, she allows me my crankiness and doesn’t take it personally; which makes me realize I need improvement. She is more patient than almost anyone I know, and I am learning from her example.
I still stink at patience, and as I write this she is literally plauging me with questions about pirates, good pirate versus bad pirates, asking a thousand variations of the same pirate question with only subtle changes, “are there American pirates?”, “are there pirates in asia?”, “do pirates now (current times) use sabers? or swords like this?”… “I’m gonna get you with the sword!”….”Mom. mom. mom. mom. moooooooom….are you ready to play pirates yet?” and so on. The young mind is so full of wonder at all the possibilities right?
Then she is switching to a game of pretend walkie-talki-ing with me, while I try to write. I politely ask for 10 minutes of quiet time, but first she insists we finish the walkie-talkie charade…”Copy that. Mom’s playing with electrical things again (the computer) Over and out.”
…So I apologize if this post seems disjointed. Now you know why. I am now being bombarded by flying rubberbands, so I am plotting a quick bath-time for this ragamuffin; where I can usually get 10 minutes of relative quiet. Alice insists she is NOT taking a much need bath, and I am Thankful that my experience tells me she will change her mind as soon as I run it for her.
I am Thankful for her incessant desire to be with me, as I know this will not always be the case. Like I said – I am Thankful for great many things.
I’m sharing this little beauty of an elopement because I haven’t had the chance yet…elopements really get me. I always want to make myself invisible, so the couple can really be alone. Such an intimate experience. I hope you all have a yummy Thanksgiving with loved ones and are taking time out to just enjoy each other.
All images by Elizabeth Messina. Event coordination by Merryl Brown. Floral and Styling by Flowerwild.
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