Football is here!!! Our family attended the first two Arkansas Razorback football games of the season and our hogs pulled thru to win each one!!! We love sharing this time of year with our family. All 7 of us on my husband's side of the family ride together, stay overnight together, and basically spend 24 hours/day together for 2-3 days at each game. Despite the way it sounds, it really is a blast. We love it!
Canaan loves football too and has attended a plethora of either Harding or Arkansas games every season since he was 9 months old and he is almost 4! It seems like he is growing up too fast and I am desperately trying to hold on to him. I wrote this little poem below of an experience we had last year in the fall of 2007.
It is cheesy...but that IS my middle name. :0)
At Canaan’s favorite pastime,
A college football game
He watched the muscled “big boy run”
And even knew his name.
Then getting too excited
His foot slipped off the stands
He started falling quickly
So I grabbed him with my hands.
His little face, of only 2
Turned to look at me
Mom, don’t hold me so tight
You know I am almost 3!
I know you are I echoed
And you were very brave
But Mama always holds her boy
‘Cause Mama is afraid.
I’m the one who won’t let go
In case you were to fall
I would be right here to catch you
You’re my baby, after all.
So if I hold you tighter
Than you want me to
Just know I am being Mama
And that is how I love you.
3 comments:
I LOVE your poem!!! it's not too cheesy at all!! It totally made me tear up! you have a gift, sweet friend! and I'm SO glad you joined the blogging world!
Amy,
I love the poem. Easton started Carpenter's Kids today - so it was very fitting for me. I just want to hold on to him. I am so glad you are blogging now. We will be able to keep with each other even better!!! Love you!
Shelley
LOVE the poem! I had no idea you were such a great writer! It sounds like something that should be published or sent around in an email! Sooo gladd you've joined the blogger world, so I can see you and your fam more than every once in a while when we have time to stop on our travels home. Love you girl!
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