I have a minute, so I just wanted to stop over here in my very own blog to tell you that I have a guest post up today at my Dear Friend Stephanie’s blog. She’s hosting a several-week-long celebration for the Family Proclamation (which is something I love), and my post is about scorching morning breath and ticking clocks. And food. (More things I love. Obvs.)
Also I took Kid 1 on her first college visit today. We took a golf-cart tour of BYU, and it was tender and fun and precious and HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MY KID IS GETTING READY TO CHOOSE A UNIVERSITY? Like that.
ALSO: BYU’s Museum of Art has Andy Warhol right now. We went to see some of that, after the tour and an interview and some yummy lunch. I geeked out. She nodded and smiled, because my Kid 1 is many things, but not a geek. And she asked if a person has to be an artist to get a curating-type job, because isn’t art cool? I geeked some more, because YAY! So we looked at alabaster saints and Islamic rugs and window frames and bowls, and then I stared at multiple Marilyns (10 of them, so dang cool) and one awesome James Dean, because yes please. And many more iconic Warholisms [1]. Also creepy Japanese artist Takashi Murakami (his prints are creepy [2]; I assume he’s lovely). Guys, go. It’s free. And there’s a Warhol installation with silver foil bags filled with helium or some such airy substance, and you can play with them like giant silver balloony pillows. What could be more awesome than that? Not much, I tell you.
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[1] that sounds like an illness, but it’s more like cans of soup and awesome prints of elephants and tigers
[2] creepy to me. And to Kid 1. Maybe you would find them adorable. But if I put that in my room, I could guarantee never to have a peaceful sleep again. I’d dream that pink flowers were planning my demise. GO SEE IT.
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So I have to tell you, and I was going to tell you this when I had your kid at my house today but then I forgot, that I loved your post this morning and it really made an impact on my today. Because I read it this morning and then I had one of THOSE days. You know, the kind that involve bleeding and crying, and many many small children and board meetings that last until obscenely late hours, and I kept thinking about what you said in your post. About how much you loved your family and how the days didn’t seem quite so long anymore. So I hung on with my fingernails and made it. So really, this is a big long overly-explanatory thank you.
So I have to tell you, and I was going to tell you this when I had your kid at my house today but then I forgot, that I loved your post this morning and it really made an impact on my today. Because I read it this morning and then I had one of THOSE days. You know, the kind that involve bleeding and crying, and many many small children and board meetings that last until obscenely late hours, and I kept thinking about what you said in your post. About how much you loved your family and how the days didn’t seem quite so long anymore. So I hung on with my fingernails and made it. So really, this is a big long overly-explanatory thank you.
Hi Becca, I saw your family post on Facebook this morning and I’ve been thinking about it all day. You so pegged my mothering thoughts and life right now. Loved it. The clock has changed from interminably slow to this fast pace that I can’t keep up with. Appreciate your honesty about the non-gourmet meals and your example of consistancy in making it happen. I also still think hard about goals and dreams and other great things you taught me this summer. I wish you were around the corner from me. Best–CARRIE
Hi Becca, I saw your family post on Facebook this morning and I’ve been thinking about it all day. You so pegged my mothering thoughts and life right now. Loved it. The clock has changed from interminably slow to this fast pace that I can’t keep up with. Appreciate your honesty about the non-gourmet meals and your example of consistancy in making it happen. I also still think hard about goals and dreams and other great things you taught me this summer. I wish you were around the corner from me. Best–CARRIE
So, seriously, I was on campus yesterday running some errands and I saw people in golf carts and everything. If only I had known to turn on my Becca radar. xoxo
So, seriously, I was on campus yesterday running some errands and I saw people in golf carts and everything. If only I had known to turn on my Becca radar. xoxo
Have I ever told you how much I love the way you blog? I love how thoughts and words tumble over each other and yet come out EXACTLY RIGHT somehow. I love the you-ness that is this place you’ve carved out for yourself here, and I love to visit and smile and feel for one brief moment like no, you aren’t hundreds of miles away anymore.
Mwah!
Have I ever told you how much I love the way you blog? I love how thoughts and words tumble over each other and yet come out EXACTLY RIGHT somehow. I love the you-ness that is this place you’ve carved out for yourself here, and I love to visit and smile and feel for one brief moment like no, you aren’t hundreds of miles away anymore.
Mwah!
I just sent my oldest to college. They grow up way too fast!
I just sent my oldest to college. They grow up way too fast!
Yes, those university visits just killed me. I always felt like it was me that was the new potential student not this version of my little baby sitting next to me. Sheesh.
Yes, those university visits just killed me. I always felt like it was me that was the new potential student not this version of my little baby sitting next to me. Sheesh.