Are You Famous?

Why would anyone wait in line for 12 hours for Kate Gosselin to sign a book?

Where Am I Going and Will I Ever Get There?

I held my two month old grandniece today, for the first time. Why do babies smell so good? Why do babies make us feel so warm inside? You just seem to forget all the sleepless nights, the constant feedings, the never ending crying.... the baby's, not my own..all the poopy diapers and spit up stained clothin,g simply erased from our memories the moment you hold a baby. Sometimes I buy a bottle of Johnson Baby Lotion just to recapture that baby smell again.

As I enter my fifty-fourth year I am reminded constanly on a minute to minute basis that time is slipping away. I look at old classmates on Facebook and wonder do I look that old? I see my parents aging more quickly, more and more of their friends are listed on the obituary page every day. I want to recapture that sense of youth for just a moment. Maybe that is why our hearts feel so full of love when we hold a new life in our arms. When we hold their soft skin next to our own we are able to step back in time for just a moment and regain that feeling of hopefulness.

My eight year old commented later this evening, as I was blow drying her hair, "Oh Mom your shirt smells so good, it still smells like Preslee". I think it is the fragrance of hope, anticipation of more tomorrows and optimism for what lies ahead.