Moments I Want to Remember: August

It's 6 AM and Milo is still groggy. It's one of those mornings when Huck woke him up before he was ready.

He is whining, throwing himself on the floor, and pounding his fists into the carpet.

Me: I can't understand what you're saying. If you use words and speak to me without a whiney voice, I will get you whatever you want.

Milo: (his whine disappears.) OK. I want sharp knives to play with.

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It is an after-bath ritual. We dry off the boys and they explode out of the bathroom and run naked through the house. Their destination is usually Annabella's room where they climb on her bed and jump up and down.

Annabella: (Screaming) No naked boys on my bed!

Marco: I like that rule. Let's keep that one.

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All of us are visiting my grandfather in the hospital. He's been having serious respiratory problems for a few weeks and his lungs keep filling up with fluids. He's a tough guy, a World War II vet, a fisherman, a widow for nearly twenty years, and an expert gardener like his own father before him.

When we arrive my grandfather is using a nebulizer, a machine that turns his medicine into mist and sends it directly into his lungs. It look like he's smoking a long plastic pipe. He sees us and smiles, then coughs. Milo asks,"Is great grandpa eating smoke?"

None of us says anything else. We listen to the machine hum and watch the mist. I look down to see Annabella staring intently at something in the corner of my grandfather's bed. I look where she is looking and see one of my grandfather's bare feet sticking out of from under the sheet. She hesitates for a moment longer and then walks over and tickles it.

Comments

[CoolB]

Thanks for sharing Megan. Good memories to remember.

[Amanda]

I love the "Moments I Want To Remember." You simply must make it a series. And I agree with Marco - keep Annabella's rule!

[wamptx]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful special moments. They make me smile and sometimes tear up. Thank you so very much!! I can understand why you will always remember them.

[John]

The Moments I want to Remember is such a brilliant idea. I've been blogging on and off since 2001 and at times I get real sick of it, but recently when I migrated my old entries to Wordpress I absolutely LOVED going through my old posts to see what I was doing in the past. Writing posts like this are so enjoyable now, but will be invaluable in the future.

[Paul Cyopick]

Someone asked one of my 4 year old twins today "How does your daddy tell you apart?".

Ciara said "It's easy. I'm me, and that's her."

It's times like this that make parenting the best job in the world.

[David]

Great Blog and a great podcast Megan. I love these moments I want to remember posts.

Heres one of mine:

My youngest son (probably about 3 going on four):

J: "Whats this dad?"

Me: "What?"

J: "This in my hand."

I held out mu

[David]

- oops hit post!

I held out my hand and with great delicacy he placed something small on my palm.

me: "I dont know son, where did you find it?"

J: "In my nose".