Good bookends to the day
Edith's short-term recall is developing. In the mornings she returns from a walk with Dad and Bismarck while I'm still in the shower. I know they're back when she bursts into the bathroom and tells me something she saw on her walk: "Mah mow-uh!" or "Bay-ug!" (Flag is getting more recognizable). Or this morning: "How-ahs!" Hauerwas is the type of dog name you get in a seminary community.
(Speaking of seminary communities: The other day I started singing the Sesame Street song "Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?" to Edith while we were walking down the street. When I got to the part where you choose a profession, I realized that "Oh, the minister is a person in your neighborhood" would cover at least 50% of her neighbors. Or even better, "The student is a person in your neighborhood," in which case you'd cover parents and children alike and get at least 80%. Funny place, this. Let me know if you come up with the rest of the lyrics for either of those verses.)
In the evenings, when I'm nursing Edith to sleep, her dad will come into the room to say goodnight. When he does, she stops what she's doing, turns to him, signs "I love you," and watches him until he leaves the room. Then she returns to nursing. It's the best moment. If only we all remembered to pause from the task at hand each day to sign "I love you" to someone.
More on Edith's growing attachment to people and things in the next post.
3 comments:
ARE there lyrics to the verses? I was under the impression that it goes:
Oh, the _______ is a person in your neighborhood,
in your neighborhood,
in your neighborhood, oh,
the _________ is a person in your neighborhood,
he/she's a person that you meet each day.
Is there a point at which the profession is described? Not in the version I learned, at any rate...
Oh, and great photos in the previous entry! Your pics always make me miss Edith... :)
You see Hauerwas on your morning walks? How cool.
"Oh the ethicist is on alert
For fights where someone might get hurt,
To see we learn the Golden Rule
He steers us into Sunday School.
"Oh, the ethicist's a person in your neighborhood,
in your neighborhood,
in your neighborhood....
Great! Except we really should change the end of that verse to "Oh, the ethicist's a dachshund in your neighborhood..."
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