I was cleaning out the girls closet, the other day (don't be jealous!) and found a dusty old manilla envelope filled with some stuff I saved from high school.
Pictures from my senior prom, birthday cards from my Sweet 16, wallet-sized photos signed by friends I'd lost contact with soon after graduation and re-friended on Facebook.
This is EXACTLY the sort of stuff that makes me stop and think…Jeez Louise…was I ever that young and…Holy Hannah Montana…did I really think my hair looked good, wearing it like that?!?
Then, it hit me, like a brick to the side of the head: I have daughters turning 16 AND graduating high school, this year.
How did THAT happen?!? I mean, technically speaking, I know how it happened, ALL 4 times, to be exact!
It's just that, next year, I will also be the same exact age my mother was on my wedding day (nevermind, just how old, whip-puh-snap-puh!)
Deep down inside, I still sort of feel like that same awkward 18 year-old, only different.
Now am I beginning to truly understand my mother and why she can't seem to talk about her grandchildren, without referring to my own childhood and then crying, just a little.
I placed the envelope back on the shelf.
"Mom, my Italian teacher LOVED my art project!"
It's a pen and ink portrait of Holly's Italian teacher with her oldest baby girl.
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life ~ Pablo Picasso
Enough said.
I'm NaBloPoMo-ing it, this month (first time NaBloPoMo-er) feel free to check out what I've NaBloPoMo-ed, thus far (PHEW!) and let me know how I'm doing (I mean, 30 posts, in 30 days, really?!?) when you have time, of course!
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48 responses to “Mother, Daughter, Pen and Ink”
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
What a BEAUTIFUL art project!!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
Awesome! She’s really talented!
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
A gorgeous drawing. Your daughter is an very talented artist.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
WOW.
And here’s some Kleenex.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
Wahhh! I don’t even want to think about this. I’m still being all stabby about how fifth grade is stealing my oldest’s innocence — DARE, sex ed and her first haunted house all in ONE YEAR! It’s not fair!
When I get to this point promise we can have lunch and you can talk me down and give me some of your sage parenting advice.
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]
You got it, my friend. We can do this, Diana [knocking on wood until knuckles bleed]