Writer Sally Vargas cherishes those sometimes-hazy moments of motherhood because time can’t be stopped.
Life back then was full, but exhausting.
We had many berry-picking excursions back then.
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The buckets hung around our necks, convenient for depositing the berries that didnt go into our mouths.
We enjoyed our hauls for snacks and on breakfast cereal.
Those days were so full of moments-after-momentsit was hard to imagine the future.
How did that happen?
The truth is, I never saw it coming.
In some ways, Im glad of it.
It would have spoiled the delicious everyday adventures.
Keep me in a hazy bubble of motherhood, I say.
I stood by and watched with pride.
The words suddenly came to me like a sweet old song, “Each peach pear plum.
I spy Tom Thumb.”
This year Im going to make Tom Thumbs jam again.
The whole point of making jam is to preserve peak summer fruit so we can enjoy them later.
It preserves a moment that cannot be stopped.
The first bite will take us back to those warmers days picking fruit and spooning bubbling jam into jars.
Just like the words drumming in my head, the beat goes on.
Its a wonderful melody worth preserving.
