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| Face Plant |
There’s
something amazing about seeing a child develop because you forget about the
simple stuff; the stuff you take for granted in everyday life. For example, you forget you can walk. It kills me when I’m at the mall, with my
kids in their stroller, waiting for the elevator when finally the door opens
and 7 able-bodied, “young” people walk out.
I don’t see your legs broke. I
don’t see you with a stroller, a cane, a respirator tank. C’mon, you guys couldn’t take the extra steps
to the escalator which is next to the elevator?
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| I work out |
The best one
is at the movie theatre. I go to the
theatre and what’s the average age demographic there? Guess?
Most likely 20 year olds? You
think of healthy strong people right. I guarantee they look at those flight of steps
and say, “oh hell no, I didn’t pay to walk up steps.” Up they ride the escalator. C’mon, I make it a habit to walk up those
stairs and I get looked at. “Look at
this idiot, he’s taking the stairs when he could have used the escalator.”
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| Almost there |
Ok maybe I’m
way out there in my thinking right now but when you say kids have an obesity
problem, I wonder why. Set the right
example right?
So going
back to my topic of life, I am seeing just how amazing it is. Quynn is crawling at a rapid pace. If she sees something she wants, she will get
there no matter what. She’s starting to
do yoga too. I caught her doing downward
dog.
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| Baby downward dog |
I wonder how
she learned how to do all this? It’s not
like I actually taught her. Is it just
hardwired into our brain? How does she
know how to crawl?
Jayde on the
other hand needs a little more work. She
can lie on her tummy for a long time, I give her that. She can even do a 360,
pivoting on her tummy but she doesn’t move that well yet. When she sees something she wants, she’ll
scream at it.
Both girls
are also starting to talk, “ba ba ba ....dah dah dah...” It’s amazing to see the beginning stages
because you just forget how it all started.
That all has happened in less than 8 months. Incredible.
The cycle of
life is humbling. You are born unable to
walk, talk, or save memories, and when you die, you also might be unable to
walk, talk, or remember the memories that you created. So while we are able to do all these things,
while we are still capable, let’s make the most out of life. Use those stairs instead of the escalator,
you have legs that work because one day you might be the one saying, “I wish I
could walk up those stairs again.”
