Tiffany called on Skype this afternoon. It was 4:30 PM in Hawaii but 9:30 PM in Chicago. It was much too late for KC to still be up but she insisted on saying, "Good night" to grandpa and grandma before she went to sleep. I have a feeling she's still not completely adjusted to Chicago time.Yesterday, I was busy putting toys away, storing baby gear in the attic and cleaning up smudges here and there. Without thinking, I wiped away KC's hand smudges on our hallway mirror. She liked standing there sometimes to look at herself and would often touch her reflection leaving lots of smudges on the glass. I'm rather sorry I cleaned it up.
However, seeing KC's face briefly this afternoon because the connection was so bad gave us a lift. She was actually chatting with us in the dark so we couldn't make her out clearly. Still... it was enough.... almost.
Wow, you could call the photo The Picture of Being Far. Beautiful Tiffany, she must miss you so.
ReplyDeleteFirst time Dean was here from Australia to visit, he arranged the English letters on the refrigerator in a very original chain. Later, a grown up friend was over and she wrote a word with the letters; and I felt a twinge in my heart. Luckily I had take photos of Dean's creation.
Good luck, Kay.
KAY...it was easy to wipe those smudges she made here and there but its impossible to wipe out the thought of her recent visit and all the great time you had together...KC ,Tiffany are missing you as much as you miss them...i see a little KC on Tiffany's face too....cherish those moments till you meet again..BTW any updates on your aerobics class.
ReplyDeleteOh. How sweet.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling of course. When a little one leaves, we often want to keep the doll or the truck or the crayon drawing, just as they left them.
ReplyDeleteCaryn at Hollow Thoughts wrote a wonderful post, last summer it might have been, or perhaps this past winter, about not wanting to change the sheets on the bed that her son had used before leaving on a trip. I found that really poignant, and then I read your poignant post about regretting having wipee KC's little fingerprints from your mirror. How sweet that she HAD to say goodnight to you before going to bed last night.
ReplyDeleteOh jeez, more tears from me. I once caught my Mom taking a photo of my oldest daughter's handprints on the full-length glass of her front door. At first I thought she was snapping evidence of the wreck we always left her house (my mother was a clean freak, or maybe the Queen of all clean freaks) but she said that the prints had been there three days---she couldn't bear to wipe them away, and couldn't bear to not have a clean shining window either so had to find a solution!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay, your family stories always make me smile and often bring back happy memories for me. Enjoy your Skype! I wish we'd had something like that when my Mom was alive, it would have made separation a little easier.
Yep, you wipe away the smudges and restore your house to order, but your heart is still in disorder.
ReplyDeleteKay, hopefully the time will fly by when you can see Tiffany and KC again!
ReplyDeleteYour family is so beautiful and I know how much Tiffany and KC miss you -- just as you miss them. Hopefully the time will go quickly until you can be together again. And, yes, you can wipe away the smudges on mirrors, but never the sweet smudges in your heart.
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Your daughter is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteAwwee, I feel for you! That must be so hard to have a grandchild so far away!
ReplyDeleteOh my Kay, what a sweet memory of the handprints you have! I can certainly understand how you wished you could have left them...But how wonderful to have Skype and to have that darling little one wish you a good night! Do you suppose KC will want to make a habit of it? Sometimes little ones know how to pull at our heartstrings by doing subtle things like that, wanting another drink of water, a session with Skype to say goodnight to her grandparents??
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you have to be so far away from your little one. Thank goodness for Skype!
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ReplyDeleteI'm crying too, heck I say "awe" when I see gracie's paw prints on our glass table. Can't even imagine what you must be feeling.
Soon you will be together again. Time has a way of going by fast!
Such a sweet post. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteAloha and Good Night ;-]
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Awwww, what a beautiful family you have. Aren't we lucky to have Skype? I also read your mattress post after this one. Sorry it hasn't worked out Kay but thanks for the head's up.
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