Forgetting Someone

Forgetting someone is like forgetting to turn off the light in the backyard so it stays lit all the next day
But then it is the light that makes you remember.
- Yehuda Amichai Translated by Chana Bloch

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Teegan's Chin


When Teegan was a baby, he had very interesting features. His nose was big and his chin kind of stuck out. I'm not saying he was ugly, he was just interesting. Anyway, everytime I saw him, I'd grab his chin and say "My chin" to him. Or I'd ask him, "Can I have my chin?" and then I'd kind of grab it. Well now that he's two and a half he has a mind of his own, not surprisingly, and now when I see him I'll ask him if I can have his chin and most of the time he'll cover it with both of his hands and say "No, my chin." Well, this morning when I was dropping him off at daycare for his mother I was unbuckling him to get him out of his safety chair and he looked at me and said "Heidi, you have my chin?" I said, "Can I have it?" He said, "Yeah", shaking his head yes. Oh, it just made me smile and my heart melted. I love that kid.

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