grad photo tears
by JVS on Dec.02, 2009, under 2009
Three times tonight a cry welled up from some deep forgotten place inside of me. I’m standing behind Edward doing up one of my neckties – the one he’s wearing along with my blue shirt – in preparation for his high school grad photo tomorrow, and for just a split second I lose it…
Then, a few minutes later, as I’m helping him shave, after cutting his hair, it happens again. It kind of feels like I’m going to throw up; pushing itself out. And then, after he’s showered he comes down the stairs and plops himself down on the couch, clean shaven and cut, fresh shirt on, and a huge, proud smile on his face. His eyes are filled with innocence. And he has no idea what he’s missing…
How is it that I can still experience such pain, while at the same time know so much joy and contentment regarding this boy? Is this kind of event going to catch me off guard for the rest of my life?
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grad photo tears
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 05 2009 @ 02:34 AM PST
Beautiful.
grad photo tears
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 06 2009 @ 04:28 AM PST
Hi John & Fran,
Nice to see Edward’s graduation picture!
Acceptance, possitive reinforcement from ALL their friends makes their lives complete! We have retired from “FriendShip Groups” and now live in Brantford. A month ago Derek (deaf/mute/no balance organs) come home injured and in distress, had an operation yesterday to trim an ACL in his knee, now for rehabilitation and further repairs, how what when unknown. We are always parents!
Jack & Mary Jagt
grad photo tears
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 06 2009 @ 12:04 PM PST
Thanks guys.
j.
grad photo tears
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 06 2009 @ 08:28 PM PST
dear john…in a word…yes, yes you will be caught off guard by this kind of thing for the rest of your life because that (thankfully) is who you are, ever present to moments like these.
carol
