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April 28, 2007
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NATURE, the gentlest mother,
Impatient of no child,
The feeblest or the waywardest,---
Her admonition mild
In forest and the hill
By traveller is heard,
Restraining rampant squirrel
Or too impetuous bird.
How fair her conversation,
A summer afternoon,---
Her household, her assembly;
And when the sun goes down
Her voice among the aisles
Incites the timid prayer
Of the minutest cricket,
The most unworthy flower.
When all the children sleep
She turns as long away
As will suffice to light her lamps;
Then, bending from the sky,
With infinite affection
And infiniter care,
Her golden finger on her lip,
Wills silence everywhere.
Emily Dickinson (1830-86)
Lily quit taking naps when she was six weeks old, so this is a rare glimpse of my child sleeping. She had been up all night at a sleepover and, although she fought valiantly, she finally succumbed to sleep in our backyard swing. As the sun slid down the sky, I began to wonder if she would continue there into the evening. She arose at dusk, though, never knowing I had taken her picture.
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Comments:
What a lovely photo ... :) Mine is up now too. Cheers from Toronto, and have a good weekend .. :)
Posted by: Sue at April 28, 2007 1:34 PM
Prescious. What a beautiful rarity. :)
Posted by: Heather at April 28, 2007 3:14 PM
ooh.. makes me want to curl up and sleep outside on such a nice day like today :-)
Posted by: tray at April 28, 2007 3:36 PM
What a beautiful and serene picture.... absolutely stunning. Don't worry, they will again go through a phase of taking naps... college days!
Posted by: srp at April 28, 2007 4:13 PM
Lovely photo, lovely girl, lovely words
Posted by: jmb at April 28, 2007 4:22 PM
jmb
That is a beautiful picture. My 9 year old daughter hardly take naps anymore. She took after me.
Posted by: Shoshana at April 28, 2007 5:23 PM
Aww.. It looks so serene.. And isn't always good to be able to "run away" and catch a good nap :)
Posted by: pelf at April 28, 2007 8:46 PM
Simply wonderful..Cant wait to visit again!
Posted by: amy at April 28, 2007 10:31 PM
She's a beautiful girl. :-)
Posted by: Peaches at April 28, 2007 11:14 PM
She looks so peaceful. I bet she enjoyed the sleep over..
Posted by: autumn at April 29, 2007 12:49 AM
I have a post up too so please visit
It is a lovely and tender photo...but ack! I don't think I could survive if my children had quit napping at six weeks...
Posted by: Me at April 29, 2007 7:21 AM
very nice looking blog. That looks so comfortable. I wished that was me!
Posted by: George at April 29, 2007 1:00 PM
This is absolutely a breath taking blog...
blessings
Posted by: connie Barris at April 29, 2007 3:23 PM
Very nice photo, one can get a feeling of serenity from it.
Posted by: Drew at April 29, 2007 9:06 PM
What a beautiful composition. The photo is so lovely, the colors and of course, your beautiful daughter. that poem by Dickinson is one of my favorites. In fact, I use it for prayer. Thank you so much.
Posted by: meeyauw at April 29, 2007 9:15 PM
Such tranquiity!
Posted by: keri at April 29, 2007 11:15 PM
terrific photo! lily really is a beautiful young woman.
i have one who didn't nap either! it would be a rarity indeed to find her napping now (at 11 years of age).
Posted by: alisonwonderland at April 30, 2007 1:45 PM
i like the mood of this photo..very cute..and I always love to sleep outside
Posted by: Zsolt72 at May 5, 2007 8:47 AM
As Mother's Day approaches and before I forget...the Lord put you upon my heart and I wanted to stop by and let you know that I am praying for you.
I don't mean that to sound as though I will forget you...came out wrong, but I'm going through a personal issue myself, and didn't to get too involved with my situation and be unable to stop by and tell you that I am praying for you. That came out much better.
Posted by: Training Hearts at May 8, 2007 8:31 PM
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