I wonder where he’ll walk.
August 5, 2010 at 8:50 pm | Posted in Sher | 3 Comments
I just got this a few minutes ago. Those tiny feet belong to my grandson, Brady.
I’m surprised at how this photograph stopped me in my tracks and at how easily I cried as I looked at it.
Right now, those feet can’t bear any weight. Brady depends on the love & care of the people around him to get him where he needs to go.
But before I’m ready, those feet will be walking, then running, then off to kindergarten, and out the door to play with friends.
They’ll carry him to places he’s curious about, but has no business going, and they’ll push him up a tree, and when he falls down, with blood painting his shin, they’ll get him to his Mom, who will make it all better with nothing more than a Band-Aid and a kiss.
As he grows, his feet will sometimes be dirty, and his Dad will remind him to wipe them when he comes in the front door. He won’t listen, and muddy boy tracks will leave a trail all across nice floors. He won’t understand why he gets in trouble, and his Mom won’t understand how such small feet can get so filthy.
Unfortunately, I’m betting his feet will learn to stomp, and when, just like his MeeMaw, his temper gets the best of him, they’ll be especially heavy.
One day too soon, he’ll meet a girl that makes him feel ten feet tall, and his feet will carry him to her door, walking taller than he ever knew he could.
I think of all the places his feet will take him, and I feel happy and sad all at once. If I can kiss them and pray a blessing over them before he’s big enough to walk – I will ask God that his feet never take him into some place they can’t get him out of; that they never march in combat boots; that they never run from doing what’s right; and that, should he find himself in a dark place that feels scary and lonely and somehow inescapable, that his feet will carry him back into the arms of someone who loves him well.
I wonder where he’ll walk.
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Aww, so sweet mom.
Comment by Elizabeth— August 6, 2010 #
I want to kiss those toes!!!
This is so sweet
Sher you know now you MUST take up scrapbooking….
Comment by kk— August 6, 2010 #
loved your story, that was beautiful!
Comment by Trixie Lou— August 7, 2010 #