Old photo.
Someone recently added this photo as a Flickr favorite. (It’s not somoene I know, but that’s beside the point.)
Look at how young we were! We are all a little leaner about the face these days, and at least two of us have a couple more wrinkles and less hair. One of us definitely has MORE hair.
Parenting definitely takes it out of ya, whatever “it” is. “It” has been replaced with a truckload of sleepless delirium and a deep, mysterious love that somehow swells at the odd and straining moments like when diaper cream is turned into a post-modern art experiment, or an overturned laundry basket is turned into a launching pad. It gets conflicting when someone decides not to observe the regular naptime customs.
Anyway, it’s an odd point of reflection to look at us from two and a half years ago. I wonder what we’ll be like when it’s been five years on.
