ONE. That number seems so pure. Hopefully there will be many birthdays that follow, some of which are certain to be monumental. Like Ten: The birthday where both hands are full. Thirteen: The birthday where they mutate into a Teenager. Sixteen: Drivers License. Eighteen: Adulthood (Kinda). Twenty-one: Adulthood (Really). Thirty: Adulthood (Really Really). Forty: Over the Hill. Etc….
But, for Lily it is ONE. April 11, 2007. It is a birthday that celebrates innocence. Everyday you can see the wonder of life reflecting in her eyes. Her brothers exist for her entertainment. Mom and Dad hung the moon. She gets to eat real people food. She gets bathed, changed, held, rocked, sung to, read to… Moments of Peek-a-Boo are the highlight of her day.
This is an election year. But, she doesn’t care.
The Pope is in the
Gas is $3.50 a gallon. She sleeps soundly at night.
The economy is quite shaky. She wants some oatmeal.
ONE. It is the symbol of purity. It is the number that hasn’t been messed with.
You can see it reflected in other numbers, but there is no other number quite like it.
You can’t divide it. You get nothing more when you multiply it by itself. It just is.
It has no equal. It is simply perfect.
3 comments:
Oh my GOSH !!!!! How PRECIOUS is our little one year old baby girl, in her big girl glasses and her gettin' jiggy to the music !! I wanna be there so badly to see her do all her little "firsts".
Thankyou, Daddy, for keeping us up-to-date with her life in story and Mommy for the film making as often as you can !!! I know you're both busy, busy. Love and hugs to my boys,...those sweet brothers to Lily..love and hugs to you ALL. Nenaw in Tulsa
Never really thought of ONE quite like that...it made me cry...
Too cute - she is lovin' that cake!
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