How far back do your memories go? Can you remember being two or three years old? Do you really remember or have you just studied photographs and heard the same stories over and over again?
I often wonder what Lucas will recall when he thinks back on his childhood.
Will he remember…
from time to time that his mom had black nail polish?
that every time a Dave Matthews Band song plays I ask him, “who sings this?” and giggle at his response?
that I’m always a couple minutes early to pick him up from preschool?
that I wear an “angel baby” necklace almost every day and my sister has a matching one?
how the song In My Life makes me cry because it reminds me of my father?
how his dad makes the majority of our meals because I’m a complete oaf in the kitchen?
how I may get so frustrated with him that I want to poke my eyes out with forks but the minute I am away from him I yearned to be near him again?
that in our house objects are not “it” but “he” and “she”?
that I’d be lost without my friends and the ones that have children I hope he grows up to be friends with too?
that his dad wakes up with him every morning so that they can spend a couple of hours together before he has to go to work?
Will he remember the Christmas morning we spent with his cousins, Annabelle and Francesca and the joy he exuded being chased around his aunt and uncle’s house, or…
“playing” the piano?
sitting in our laps to hear the book Purplicious three dozen times?
play dates with new friends with far cooler toys than his?
Visiting Nichole (In These Small Moments) and meeting her children, Katie and Matthew - December 23, 2011
meeting Fireman Steve and sitting in a fire truck?
Fireman Steve, Annabelle, Lucas and Francesca at the Moraga/Orinda Fire Station - December 26, 2011
Whatever Lucas recalls, I pray he remembers feeling special, adored and happy.
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I love the way you wrote this!! My first memory is saying goodbye to my Papa and he died when I was 2 1/2.
Oh, that’s a sad first memory… I hope you have lots of others that make you smile.
Love this…and the friends pic, of course!!
What a great afternoon, huh?! I need more of those in my life.
I think Lucas will recall his childhood fondly. You’re doing awesome, Tonya.
Thank you for saying so, I hope you’re right. 😉
Oh, this is so sweet. I do wonder what my kids will remember. Love, I hope.
Love. It’s all that really matters, right?
I think I can remember back to 3! Just wrote a post about how we didn’t get a single pic of our Christmas this year, so at least you have the pics to show him, you know in case he forgets, just how special and loved and adored he is!
OMG I take a lot of photos! Loved and adored are all I really care about though.
So sweet. This made me think back to what I remember as a child and a lot of it is warm fuzzies like you mentioned.
You went to visit Nichole? How fun is that?!
Yes, Sherri and I drove up to Sacramento to visit Nichole two days before Christmas. We had a lovely visit. It was so cool to meet her children.
I hope that he remembers all these things.
I have a lot of very clear memories from three and four years old.
I think my memories go back to around 3 1/2 or 4 too. All good things!
I’ve wondered this same thing so many, many times. I want to know what parts of my children’s childhood will carry with them into their own adulthood.
Sometimes the strangest things stick with us.. like how my mom always puts m&m’s on her popcorn so I do too. Or how honeysuckle in the summer instantly makes me think of my great grandmother’s front porch & her wrinkled hands holding mine.
I’m positive of one thing though. That whatever Lucas remembers, he’ll always know he’s loved.
You had me at M&M’s… OMG that sounds heavenly!
Oh, I also remember being two and three years old! We moved when I was three and I can CLEARLY remember my old room, my brother’s nursery, the kitchen table, and the shag carpet in the living room.
But mostly I remember that my safe place was in my mom’s arms.
That is what he will remember. Always.
I hope you’re right! Good memories.
My hope for you is that he remembers all of these wonderful memories!!
Wouldn’t it be nice?
Even if he can’t remember these moments for himself he will be able to go back and read the words you have on this blog. One of the reasons having a blog is so special with children.
Excellent point. It’s one of the main reasons I write.
Sometimes it makes me sad to think that Lucas won’t remember all of these memories we are making now with him. But, that’s what all the pictures are for, right?