Lily heard the highschool marching band playing from our bedroom window this evening. She disappeared for about 10 minutes and returned like this! Formerly, she was in something that resembled Pippi and pj’s. She indicated she was “Ready to go see what they were doing!”, and was quite disappointed when she learned that they’d […]
She decided to be a nerd today, self proclaimed… The scientist, inventor has re-emerged, this time, a Lady in Red. Lily, er, Ms. Cecily, er, Lindsey, er, Merida….. Has developed a specific enjoyment and appreciation of that which she deems super scientifical, and beautiful. It’s amazing to see her develop this sense of herself. She […]
“THAT’S TOO LOUD”, says an annoyed and somewhat intimidated Cecily, who got to experience a fireworks show closer than she’s ever been before. Lily decided to do the evening on blades! We went to Pueblo, to the Riverwalk for the celebration. Fireworks and a live orchestra, playing, you guessed it, their idea of patriotic music […]
Lily has decided to become Lindsey Stirling. For weeks she’s been carrying around her violin, everywhere, playing at will. She dances and plays, sings, and does whatever comes to mind, whether music is playing or not. She’s even held a few concerts, where she’s generated invitations and tickets, has guests come and be her audience. […]
About a month ago, Lily lost it in a panic of tears and dread. She’d managed to pull the string on the music box, on the bottom of her rocking chair (previously mine, previously my mother’s). She panicked that she’d ruined it entirely, and came running to me for help. Russ managed to sooth her […]
I might more accurately title this post, “My Aversion to Social Conformity”, or perhaps, “Drone Living: Resistance is Futile, Unless You Can Think For Yourself”… I digress. _________________________________________________________ I have been reading a book lately that I want to begin to dissect over the next couple of months. I have found it articulate and eloquent, […]
Today I walked outside and found a little creature lying still in an open box on our driveway. It looked dead, but after studying it for a moment, the eyes appeared to have life in them still. So, I got Lily to come check it out and we used a piece of paper to move […]
Russ wrote Lily a song, which he began before she was born, and concluded right about the time she was 10 months and started walking. He entitled it, “There She Goes”, to describe him watching her as she grew. Today, Lily wrote a song, which she entitled, “Here She Comes Back… Aww… I Love Her” […]
Cecily and I went to her ballet class #2 today. Taos has a drop-in at Twirl and the woman who teaches the class is superb. The video speaks for itself.. But first, for a bit of reflection for “educational” purposes. 1. Lily has only been to a group activity like this twice now. She has […]
Lily graced us with the privilege of sharing her memories of both the day she joined us on the outside, and while still inside. She shared many of her memories with me, just me, about 6 months ago. I wrote in detail then what she spoke, as I will now. To date, Lily has seen […]