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A Rondelet
A chapter in the book Learning To Fly
A Photograph
by Debra White
A photograph
can wake a dozing yesterday.
A photograph
can trigger tears or raise a laugh,
bring brightness to a dreary day,
allowing you to drift away -
A photograph.
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This photograph took me back eleven years to when my youngest daughter was around eighteen months old.
I can remember the scent of her skin and the weight of her in my arms and how it felt to have her little arms around my neck. The softness of her cheeks and the silkiness of her fine blonde baby hair. I remember feeling tired and happy and fulfilled and capable. I remember my husband taking the photo as our two older children played with their cousins - It was my dad's 60th birthday and we'd all gone out to celebrate.
I remember this day like it was yesterday :)
I can remember the scent of her skin and the weight of her in my arms and how it felt to have her little arms around my neck. The softness of her cheeks and the silkiness of her fine blonde baby hair. I remember feeling tired and happy and fulfilled and capable. I remember my husband taking the photo as our two older children played with their cousins - It was my dad's 60th birthday and we'd all gone out to celebrate.
I remember this day like it was yesterday :)
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