a new generation of girls
January 23, 2006In the past month, four dear friends have given birth to baby girls, and each event has filled me with wonder and awe. I keep thinking about them, about their tiny fingers and toes, about their smiling eyes and pink lips, and I wonder what they’ll grow up to be. Will they be blondes or brunettes, artists or athletes, bold and brave or shy and quiet? Will they be friends like their mommies were, sitting in their bedrooms, whispering and giggling into the phone, or will they think of each other more like distant cousins, sharing history but nothing else in common?
I think of my friends, my beautiful and amazing and darling friends, and how in that one shining moment they became mothers. Mothers who know, who worry, who love.
Someday, I hope, I’ll be a mother too, but for now I am just so thrilled to be Auntie Christine.
I'm Christine, and this is a slice of my life—a sweet, rich, wildly indulgent slice that would taste really good with a scoop of Breyers vanilla bean ice cream. Read more >>
I run a darling, friendly, little graphic design studio.
I look on the bright side.
I take photos. Lots of photos.
I wish on stars and on websites.
I built my first web site 7 years ago and got 15 seconds of fame. (It changed my life.)
I launched, then relaunched, an online magazine.
I admitted to several embarrassing crushes.
I consumed more bacon than any human should and lived to tell the tales.
you are going to be such a great mommie! be sure to get lots of practice with these tinies…you’ll be glad for it. you will also be a coveted auntie, with all of the good art supplies!!!!!! xoxoxoxo
Speaking of babies… I just found out the other day that I am having a little boy! That makes one of each for me. :)
And I agree with pixie–creative creatures make the best mums! You will be a wonderful mum.
awww. well put!