POETRY
Those Precious Moments Tucked in Our Memories
Triggers and flashbacks that shape the lives we have lived
This morning, preparing a packed lunch for my son heading out on a school trip, it brought flashbacks of times gone by. At nine, he is the youngest of my three.
Memories of end-of-the-day lunchbox-opening, to find unwanted crusts of sandwiches and browning banana skins. My middle girl, notorious for taking just one bite of sandwich, two of apple, yet the chocolate bar would be all gone.
She got her nutrition at home instead.
Other precious memories flash by. Of swimming; swishing my boy through water from only nine-weeks-old; Underwater at twelve-weeks-old. Smiles, gurgles and bubble-blowing, As I floated him around the pool in those delicious baby days.
Of biking; mastering the balance bike, and riding a two-wheel pedal bike for the first time. The elation on their faces as they filled with self-empowered independence.
The day my middle child announced she was a big girl and didn’t wear nappies anymore. Even at night. She decided when she was ready to stop wearing nappies and use the potty, …or the toilet… and she never missed the mark.
The same one that always skipped with only one leg. She insisted that she couldn’t skip with two. Until, one day, she did, without even realising it.
Those were the days she skipped in circles at the pre-school ballet class. Years later, she danced ballet en pointe Tapped out Le Freak, And leapt about the stage with such passion and grace, she forgot herself.
And now, I am back in the present. Here I am — here and now. But the precious memories remain and precious memories keep being made.
Precious times gone by, flying by. But precious times never stop coming ❤️
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