So, with the birthday and the party and the snow days...(OMG, we have our third one today in less then two weeks), along with basketball and him joining a second team (a traveling basketball team)...I have been pulling serious extra Mama duties around here...
However, I did manage to get a few large paintings almost completed last week.
I wanted to share this one with you that I plan to finish today. I do like her already.
There is still no horizon line in my part of the world...
grey on grey
with a touch of grey.
I`m holding on and counting down until ARTFEST in late March!
Thank-you all for sending me virtual sunshine and blue skies
with a side of kind words and warm hearts.
It means so much to me.
With LOVE,
(PS. The sun better damn well come out tomorrow ;) )
oh Danielle, i feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteMy son Alex is turning 16 in a few weeks... I've had the weak heartstrings for a while now. :-( We raise them to become happy, well balanced individuals & as soon as they begin their journey to BECOME this, we cringe. As my own son would say (with a smile on his face), "oh, MOTHERS!". :-)
Your work is beautiful Danielle, as always. I always look so forward to seeing your art.
Wishing you a SUNNY DAY soon!! xoxo
Oh my son at nine was the best!! We were such buddies then. We still are but he is fast becoming a man and i miss my boy:) {jackson is 17 now!}
ReplyDeleteLove basketball...enjoy...the time goes so fast!!!!!
Love your work and sending lots of love and sunshine.
Though I do not have children, I have witnessed the children of friends grow up through the years...MY! It is really something to see them develop into amazing human beings with their own thoughts and outlooks to Life, but then they usually have some pretty amazing parents to guide them, as Owen has you =-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you continue to savor each and every moment you have together - they do fly awfully fast =-\
Time does go by so fast, doesn't it? Sigh. Both my kids have birthdays coming up (turning 3 and 7) and I am feeling the nostalgia too, like I am trying to grab onto the back of a train that is moving too fast. I hope you get some sunshine!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI had similar sadness when my youngest went into grade school ~ And too, w/my middle one ~ His birthday was yesterday, and I can so strongly remember his tiny little face @ a year & a half old...oh my! Now he's a busy 29 year old, but to me, he's still my baby!! ~ (he'd hate to find that out tho!!)
ReplyDeleteDanielle, although I'm not a mom, I understand the nostalgia of seeing your little man grow up more and more each day, knowing he'll never be at that stage again. He's always been a little man (so although he grows and becomes more of an individual, there's still a lot that stays the same). I agree with the others: savour every day. Enjoy all the moments and stages as they come. You're giving him the biggest gift by being present with him, and cheering him on. xo
ReplyDeleteTime slips away so fast, it almost seems unfair - our children change, grow, become independent of us and we have to learn to slowly let go. Becoming a mom is the best thing I ever did, I have loved everything about being a mom. I have loved every phase that my two girls have gone through, from crying new born to sulky teenager - it's all been good. I can understand how you are feeling, that pang of nostalgia. Our kids feel our hearts with love - a love that can not be described or explained.
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