Mark has been laughing at me all week because over the weekend, I was lamenting the passage of time and made an unintentionally humorous comment about Photobaby.I do that all the time, by the way – lament. You should try it sometime.
Anyway, we were talking about how big she’s getting and how much she’s changed and grown in the last month. And I said, “But we just got her!”
Pause for hysterical laughter here.
What? You don’t think it’s that funny? Mmm-hm, I knew you all were my friends for a reason.
Mark’s point was that I made it sound like Photobaby is a car or some other item we purchased recently. Maybe. I guess it might have sounded like that. Hardy-har-har.
But really, I said exactly what I meant. God has entrusted us with this smart, spunky and irresistibly adorable (if I may say so myself!) child for just a short period of time. Of course, I pray fervently that the period of time lasts as long as I do. But assuming I make it past her teen years, she’ll eventually move out of my house and into her own, independent life.
And though she’ll always be my baby, she won’t be fully mine any longer. Not that she ever was…
So when I see her pulling up to stand and crawling down the hallway at Mach 4 and saying “thank you” in sign language and shouting, “Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty!” every time our cats walk by, well, I can’t help but exclaim, “But we just got her!”
One of the most touching moments in Freaks and Geeks was in the second to last episode, Smooching and Mooching. Lindsay feels that her dad helping her friend, Nick, is unfair compared to his strict treatment of her. Her dad says, “You know the difference between you and Nick? You’re my daughter. And every minute that you’re not in this house, every minute that I can’t see you…is torture.” [This is paraphrased; please don’t quote me.]
Of course, she points out that she can’t just stay inside forever, to which he responds with a mock scowl, “Why not?”
You hear that, Photobaby? Why can’t you stay little? Don’t grow up! Let me give you a bottle every night and tuck you in and give you 763 kisses every single day! Why not?
