Reaching
Only three small words
deficient during childhood
Little ears longing
Arms lay to the sides
or folded across my chest
Yearning for rapture
Endeavors to change
now fill moments with embrace
Affection abounds
I love you mommy
I love you Petey doggie
I love you daddy
A cycle broken
Confident arms stretch out wide
always met with love…
Okay, perhaps not by this dinosaur. But she did try. Here’s a better pic…
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I absolutely adore that picture of y’all’s hands. That is pure perfection.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am
she’s too cute!! i can’t take it!
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:56 am
That’s just beautiful! She must have so much fun!
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July 11th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Aw, super sweet ‘ku, and I *love* the hands picture.
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July 11th, 2008 at 4:23 am
I love the hands pic as well.
this Toddlerhood is going too fast and too slow all at the same time….
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July 11th, 2008 at 6:09 am
hi sandy — i love the hands pic especially. happy friday girlie, kathleenybeany
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Nice haiku. I certainly don’t have a talent for poetry, but a friend of mine can just recite it from memory…even if he read it many years ago. Amazing.
I’m working on the photography thing, though! People are the hardest. I’ll join the chorus of folks that love the “hands” picture!
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Nice haiku. I certainly don’t have a talent for poetry, but a friend of mine can just recite it from memory…even if he read it many years ago. Amazing.
I’m enjoy working on the photography thing, though! People are the hardest. I’ll join the chorus of folks that love the “hands” picture!
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Beautiful.
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:38 am
That is so cute, the hands picture made me tear up a bit!
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Superb ‘ku. And lovely, gentle hand picture.
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:03 am
beautifuly written!!
i LOVE Babisodes trying to hug the dino!! Can she get any sweeter??? 
xoxoxo
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:34 am
I’ve tried hard to break that cycle with my children too. What a great haiku!
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Aww. What a sweet haiku.
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Aaww…I just love those pictures Sandy;o) Hope your weekend is wonderful;o)
July 11th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Awww, how sweet!
July 11th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I love that second picture Sandy! It says it all!
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July 11th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
So sweet, Sandy!
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Sandy.. this was a great Ku.. and the first picture is just toooo cute.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I love the second photo.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
The hands picture is beautiful!
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July 11th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I love little people hands…
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July 11th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
So sweet, and such great pics!
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July 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Are you trying to make me cry?!
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July 11th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
oh so pretty!
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July 11th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
awww. i love this. the photo of your hands is beautiful. just beautiful.
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July 11th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Wonderful Haiku about and important topic! Love the photos of Ella and the hands at the end …
Hugs and blessings,
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Such a sweet ‘ku and lovely pics! That dinosaur shouldve hugged her back!
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Aww…how sweet!
July 11th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
How perfect!!! Dino love
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I adore the picture of the hands!!!
PS I just found you through Grandy at Functional Schmunctional.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Very cute!
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July 11th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I’m reading, I promise! I am just really behind and slow with comments lately (the aunt Flo thing happened to me as well mixed in with a bit of fun, life and keeping up with business).
So…I must say that last pic needs to be on a greeting card or something. It is very touching.
July 11th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Perfect Haiku.
Perfect Picture.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Sigh…..how sweet.
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July 12th, 2008 at 2:08 am
The hands photos is simple amazing. If I do nothing else all day, I make sure I tell my peeps that I love them everyday. Beautiful post.
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July 12th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
So beautiful, in every way possible.
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July 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Such a beautiful moment and I love to take pictures of my daughters hands, feet, knees, ears…..everywhere I love to kiss……
“Daughters will hold our hands for a short time, but they will hold a mothers heart forever”
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July 12th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Awwwwwww! What a great post! I LOVE the photo of the hands! So precious!!!
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July 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
hands, hands, so sweet!!!!
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July 12th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Lovely Photo’s =)
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July 13th, 2008 at 4:14 am
I’m telling you, Sandy: our kids are SOO the same age. Mine’s suddenly VERY affectionate again. Loving it.
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July 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm