goes by way
fast.
before my sister was
born,
i always took it for
granted. but,
i soon realized that i
can’t.
goldie is a little older
than three,
three!
how did she go from
being totally dependent
on other people to
being
an actual human.
running, laughing,
sassing back to
her sissy.
having her own opinion
is probably the
cutest
thing that goldie
can do.
my mom told me a story when
they were in line at the
food store
and all of a sudden she hears
a little, innocent voice
saying,
“come on,
move it out people.”
or when our
grandma told her
not to do something
and goldie turned to look
at her
and said, “don’t talk to me
like that, i’m just a little
girl,”
while pointing her index finger at our grandma.
my grandma said, “don’t point that finger
at me, miss,”
so goldie goes ahead
and says, “don’t talk to me like that
i’m just a little girl,” while pointing her
thumb at our grandma.
hard not to laugh and see the
innocence of
goldie.
just today, i was
outside
with goldie sitting
on a little stone wall we have
in our backyard
where our mom has her
flower garden.
goldie was sitting on my lap
curled up,
then she turned
sideways,
and laid down on me,
as if someone would
hold a new baby,
(arm under neck and other under butt,
wrapped around)
and she asked me to sing
rock-a-bye baby to her,
while she was pretending to sleep.
it was fun pretending that
she was
a little baby
again…
***
where did the time go
during the milestone of
me learning
how to drive at
sixteen
to me being able to
have my first legal
drink with
alcohol?
now, next may i am
graduating
college.
we have one of those
picture frames
that has a spot for each year
of school.
i remember looking at it and
saying
only five more
years to go,
four more
years,
three more
years,
two more
years,
and soon enough there
were no
more spots to put
my yearly
picture.
13 years
flew by, like nothing ever
happened.
even though
it felt like forever at times.
sometimes, i wish
i was able to
go back in time…
remembering when
twenty-one years old
seemed like a
life time
away and
now that it’s
here
realizing
it came way to
quick.
