FAMILY TIES
It's amazing. My Uncle Francis has visited all of us down here in San Diego with my Auntie Lorna exactly 1 time since he came to the U.S. 3 or 4 years ago.
Now, there's a baby, and BOOM! The two of them are down for a very welcomed visit.
It was very nice to have my Aunt and Uncle down for the holiday feast. They are such beautiful people. It's a shame we don't get to see each other more often.
Francis was so cute. He was genuinely timid about holding little Mikey in his hands. He feared his "rough, cement like hands" would be too hard for the baby to take.
Well, that's just silly, but we padded up his hands with a soft blanket and he was good to go. He held Mikey for at least an hour. It was quite a site.
It's amazing to see bloodlines and life carry on through the children of a family. It's even more amazing to see how a child can bring a family together. It was absolutely grand to have Francis and Lorna join all of us for Thanksgiving. For my Dad, Mick, it was the first time he'd seen Francis since 1984. That's 19 years ago... almost 20! And Francis, as it turns out, served as Best Man at my parents' wedding.
So on this Thanksgiving day I give thanks for my Family, both near and far. No matter where you are, you are all a part of me.
Dave
11/28/2003
11/21/2003
DIFFERENCES... THE SPICE OF LIFE
So my nephew is a week old today. He's cute as a button and strong as an ox. And I can't get enough of him.
Much to the chagrin of my sister and her fiance from the sounds of it.
You see... when I'm around Mikey, I just can't stop looking at him. It's as if I must focus all my attention on him to fully maximize the limited time I have with him. I want to sear the image of this perfect little miracle onto my brain, so that I can easily access the image at a later time. He makes me happy. Just seeing him with his parents brings a slight tear to my eye. He's the physical manifestation of their amazing love for each other. And that has me in awe.
Laura and Adam have been together for a very long time. They are high school sweethearts, they are engaged to be married and are, by their own accounts, each other's soulmate. Having spent the better part of the last decade single, I think I may have a better appreciation for just how special and rare a thing they have. For them, it's just about all they've known, and probably all they will ever know. They will probably never feel the kind of loneliness and disconnection that I've come to know and embrace as my everyday life.
And I would never wish that on them. But rather, I wish they would come to understand that when I'm lost in thought while staring at Mikey, I'm lost in joy. Joy to see what the love of two wonderful human beings creates. Lost in the wonder of their love and their devotion to one another. Lost in the beauty of the miracle of life.
And Mikey won't be this small forever. And I only get to see him a few hours, or a few minutes on any given day. For me those minutes, those moments can fill me with good thoughts and happiness for days to come. So I sit... and I stare at my nephew... and I recharge my batteries with the energy and the life of his miraculous birth. It's like a life affirming recharge to be near him.
I'm sorry that it, apparently, makes my sister kind of creeped out. That she thinks my staring at my nephew is weird. I guess Adam probably feels the same. I will stop doing it. I don't want to make them feel strange.
But it will be against my nature, and it will be against my own needs to bask in their glow. But I guess that's just it isn't it? Mikey is their glow. Not mine. And I guess in my own way, I've intruded into their dynamic a bit.
For that I'm sorry.
But there is one thing in all this that I know to be absolutely true. And that is my undying love for my family. From my Mom and Dad to my sisters, to Adam and to Mikey... nothing in my life is more real, more intense than the love I have for them. And sometimes I just get a little caught up in the passion of it all.
Dave
So my nephew is a week old today. He's cute as a button and strong as an ox. And I can't get enough of him.
Much to the chagrin of my sister and her fiance from the sounds of it.
You see... when I'm around Mikey, I just can't stop looking at him. It's as if I must focus all my attention on him to fully maximize the limited time I have with him. I want to sear the image of this perfect little miracle onto my brain, so that I can easily access the image at a later time. He makes me happy. Just seeing him with his parents brings a slight tear to my eye. He's the physical manifestation of their amazing love for each other. And that has me in awe.
Laura and Adam have been together for a very long time. They are high school sweethearts, they are engaged to be married and are, by their own accounts, each other's soulmate. Having spent the better part of the last decade single, I think I may have a better appreciation for just how special and rare a thing they have. For them, it's just about all they've known, and probably all they will ever know. They will probably never feel the kind of loneliness and disconnection that I've come to know and embrace as my everyday life.
And I would never wish that on them. But rather, I wish they would come to understand that when I'm lost in thought while staring at Mikey, I'm lost in joy. Joy to see what the love of two wonderful human beings creates. Lost in the wonder of their love and their devotion to one another. Lost in the beauty of the miracle of life.
And Mikey won't be this small forever. And I only get to see him a few hours, or a few minutes on any given day. For me those minutes, those moments can fill me with good thoughts and happiness for days to come. So I sit... and I stare at my nephew... and I recharge my batteries with the energy and the life of his miraculous birth. It's like a life affirming recharge to be near him.
I'm sorry that it, apparently, makes my sister kind of creeped out. That she thinks my staring at my nephew is weird. I guess Adam probably feels the same. I will stop doing it. I don't want to make them feel strange.
But it will be against my nature, and it will be against my own needs to bask in their glow. But I guess that's just it isn't it? Mikey is their glow. Not mine. And I guess in my own way, I've intruded into their dynamic a bit.
For that I'm sorry.
But there is one thing in all this that I know to be absolutely true. And that is my undying love for my family. From my Mom and Dad to my sisters, to Adam and to Mikey... nothing in my life is more real, more intense than the love I have for them. And sometimes I just get a little caught up in the passion of it all.
Dave
11/16/2003
ANNOUNCING MY NEPHEW! MICHAEL LOGAN DAVIS!
Come on down and meet the newest addition to my family!
Michael Logan Davis
Click Here to view pictures from his delivery!
Dave
Come on down and meet the newest addition to my family!
Michael Logan Davis
Click Here to view pictures from his delivery!
Dave
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