my mom goes on a morning walk everyday throughher mountain neighborhood
{well, she doesn't live right on the mountain...but you can walk to the mountain in 20 minutes}
i joined her a couple times during my visit.
we talked about learning how to read,
i mean really read...
how to study, how to put ideas together...
it all takes time, but we must do it.
i learned a lot from these conversations,
but the best lesson i got from my mom was as we turned a corner
onto the path that takes us back home
we came upon thousands of leaves
at which point my mom interupted the conversation to say:
"you've got to kick the leaves up"
i loved this.
a simple pleasure...
just like you would do if you were still a little girl.
so let me suggest we take time
to make ourselves smile and laugh
by doing small and simple things.
{photo by me. november 2009}
2 comments:
Hey there. I just saw your comment on Lindsay's blog about your mom probably moving. All I have to say is "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I love your mom. There will be a gaping hole in our ward and in my kid's life if she moves. And mine, too, honestly. Lucky you to have her. (I'm lucky, too. My mom is like yours.) I hope, hope, hope she stays close...
And PS I should have said hello on Sunday. By the time it registered that you were you and not Liz--duh, hello--I had to play the piano. Hope you had a great visit! Namaste.
Good advice :)
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