Retrospective

Originally Posted @ 9/8/2005 6:29 PM

As summer draws to a close and darkness creeps up imperceptibly earlier with each revolution of the Earth, I can't help but reflect on what a spectacular season it has been. The life of a four year old has been filled with unimagined adventure. All forms of running, swimming, flying, and climbing have filled the moments of each unjustly brief day. So many firsts in a young life: sleeping in a tent, flying in an airplane, seeing a mountain, roasting marshmallows on a camp fire, swimming in a lake, climbing to the top of an impossibly high tower, and so many others our adult sensibilities can never discern nor appreciate. So many seemingly distant and exotic locales visited: Chicago, Seattle, the Wisconsin Dells, the Field Museum, and the Adler Planetarium to name a few. Each forms a memory as unique as the place. Traveling with children, it turns out, is not so much a burden as it is a chance to experience life for the first time and retain the memory.