Nostalic Sundays...

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"Who knows what the summer breeze might bring..."
-The Wonder Years

Nostalic Sundays...

I've been so busy lately, my usual excuse, right? But I do promise updates and blog posts in the coming week. I've got super cute Halloween pictures of my little carrot, Letter to Lucy #1 and more. For now -- Nostalgic Sunday:

“Over the course of the average lifetime you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you through thick and thin. Some weave their way through your life and disappear forever. But once in a while someone comes along who earns a permanent place in your heart”
- The Wonder Years

Nostalgic Sundays...

"Once upon a time there was a girl I knew, who lived across the street. Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I cried. Every single thing that ever happened to me that mattered, in some way had to do with her."
-The Wonder Years

Nostalgic Sundays...

Recently I found a great blog that I now have a slight obsession with called My Parents Were Awesome. It's full of old pictures of people's parents submitted by readers. What I love about it is that these are ordinary people, someone's father or grandmother, now well into their 60s, 70s or beyond. Looking at these old photos you get just a quick glimpse into their lives when it was just starting out with their wives, their babies, their little families. When things were new, life was still bright, young and carefree. They had their whole futures ahead of them. You can see this in the easy ways they are looking at the cameras, looking at each other, gazing at a baby. Similar to where I feel we are at now. The very beginning of our family's story.

I've decided I'm going to introduce my own Nostaligc Sundays. Pictures of my own childhood and of my parents when they were young-- ok, young-ish...my parents had me when they were 40 and 50 respectively, but damn, they looked good doing it! I think if Lucy every does read this blog it would be fun for her to see that Nan was downright stunning (she was a model in London in the 60s!) and Grandpa, whom she will never meet, was quite dashing and that I was downright adorable as a baby (its true). Then she can start making fun of the funny hair styles and clothes, especially my bangs in high school...but I digress, beyond that I think by going through these old pictures it will give some perspective that even though times seem tough sometimes, we need to remember that this time in our lives is a golden time, a time when love is still new, babies are still young and cuddly and the future is ours for the taking...as it was theirs. Cherish it.

My mother, AKA "Nan"...


My dad...
Tue happiness...
More to come next week!

"I remember a place...a town...a hour like a lot of houses...a yard like a lot of other yards...on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back...with wonder."
-The Wonder Years