walk to the bay

The walk from Grandma's to the bay is worth the whole drive. We stretch, breathe fresh air, and see the way the landscape has changed from last time.  

Rinah has recently discovered the joy of blowing a dying dandelion. 

being a mother...

Right now I'm sitting in the room I spent all my life in- the room that was mine as I grew up. The structure is still similar- the desk, the bed, the shelves all in the same places. I remember waking up every morning and seeing this face, on a photo, that hung on the side of my desk, that was in front of my eyes when they opened. It was of a four year old girl with all her baby teeth still in tact. A profile below told her name, her age, where she lived, what she liked doing, etc. It ended with 'I'm scared of getting malaria'. Of course she was scared of that. Death dressed itself in malaria. 

I was so young then. As she was there, being such an adult. Going through things I am still wrapping my head around. 

Soon that same face will be before my waking eyes. This time it moves, has life I never dreamed of. Her teeth are a mixture of permanent, missing, and soon to be gone. They live inside a house that's smile is one of the dearest mysteries I'll ever know. A house that forms the words 'I love you so much, mommy' more times a day than I can keep track of. And I'm overcome.

. . .

Hope all of you who nurture and care and mother know that you are doing something beautiful and nothing short of incredible. And all of you who have nurtured and helped our family this last year, days like this, we think of you and feel ever so thankful.

Photos by Beth Murphy

viii. I Think I'm In Love

 

For better or for worse we said, and he shows me. 

(one, two, three)

a grand surprise

That was Rinah's face all weekend since the curtain opened on "the real" Mary Poppins. We are realizing how, these days, we have the most fun watching her enjoy something so much. Afterwards, a long and mighty pleasant dinner on the patio at Woodberry Kitchen... Something I love about this area is how close so many great cities are.

Two friends have released albums over the last week that we are enjoying over here: Caleb Murphy and Josh White

An abnormal week

This week has been contrary to our family's normal ways- Andrew has been busy with his own work, me with mine, and we haven't had much cross over... It's been full of some fun and fulfilling projects, and at the end of the days, we show each other what we've done... and that's always exciting. But it makes me even more grateful for the fact that we get to work together as a norm and be so apart of each others processes all the time. 

Yesterday afternoon was nice, Rinah was painting at the table, Andrew was editing, and I was laying on his shoulder being annoying (ie 'What if you move that clip .32 seconds forward?' 'Oh you cant put that there, it doesnt make sense...' etc etc etc)... A task so wearying that I ended up asleep. It's been a busy week...

Hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We are taking Rinah on a surprise adventure tomorrow which I'm pretty excited about...