I was working at Panera today and it was packed but I was immersed in my work and at one point I didn't look up from my computer for a solid hour. Then I heard a baby sitting near me and she kept saying 'beek oh book' something along those lines over and over again. And it would have been annoying if it wasn't so darn cute. I was pulled back into my surroundings by hearing her saying that phrase and then I started to really look at all the faces that filled the restaurant. A lot of 'business' people, some young couples, some really old people, a few kids, and people of all different races and ages and it made me think of this random thought: Isn't weird that we were all once babies? I mean, really? We all have our adult clothes, and language and ability to do things on our own, but once we were tiny, helpless, babies making weird noises in the corner. It was one of those moments I felt like we were all more connected than we usually seem to be.
I fell compelled to add a Tracy Jordan (30 Rock) random statement to the end of this: I was just thinking about how weird it is that we eat birds.
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totally know what you mean. i look at owen doing little baby things all the time and think about how we used to do those same things....it's hard to explain, but it's like a full circle kind of a thing!
ps: i finally just read your previous, embarrassing post....linds, you have such a good man, don't you?! i don't know matt super well, but i can totally see it from the few times we've met. i feel the same about ry....we're lucky!:)
alise! i knew you could relate or at least understand. thanks for the sweet comments! and yes we are lucky. i miss you!
I smile at your and Alisa's thoughts on babies. Don't you wish you could ask, Now what did you mean when you made this one wierd noise.....I just listened to a Kenny Rogers Christmas song about Mary did you know, your baby boy....Made me think how closely newborns are linked to God.
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