It is a trip having a kid...just plain and simple. It makes you try with all your might to remember back when you were their age and what it felt like. Before this hostile world started chipping away at the soft parts of your being and before those chips made you go to the flea market and pick up some right nice armour to protect yourself. Oh I know that sounds dramatic but lets face it, having a two year old makes you realize that you have somehow become a dried up, jaded ol' crone without even noticing. And more than that, it makes you strive to get back to where you once belonged so they can stay like this forever.
All of this reflecting lately has made me so glad my hi-tech mom found Dropbox and has been scanning photos from my childhood. It is so cool to walk down memory lane at the same time you are helping your own kid create memories of her own. It turns out that even 38 years doesn't change much in the way of family.
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| Dad in Viet Nam before he met mom |
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| Mom in Berkeley before me |
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| Carl and Augs, SF 2007 |
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| Me and Augs, LA 2008 |
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| Mom and me, Rocky Point, OR 1973 |
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| Camille and me, LA 2009 |
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| Me, Palm Springs 1974 |
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| Camille and me, Palm Springs 2010 |
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| Wendy and me on my 2nd birthday 1975 |
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| Camille, Carl and me on her 2nd birthday 2011 |
Nina! i *LOVE* your blog! what a beautiful family you have. your father was a real looker, huh?
ReplyDeletei am so glad that you shared both of your blogs with me. i look forward to reading more entries!
hope you're havig a really lovely weekend. love to C + C too*
p.s. and thanks for posting about the secret dog beach! i can't wait to take v.v.***
xo lili