We're growing things around here (inkstitch)

We're growing things around here

The summer has sped away from us and we can feel a little change in the air. An almost-menthol scent that hovers under the breeze. You can miss it if you aren't paying attention, because the days are still sticky and hot, but it is there: that subtle sneaking-in of crisp. It's coming.

We've spent the summer well: there have been little adventures and big ones, a little bit of chaos and a lot of discovery. Harvest is upon us, both in good tomatoes from the garden and in good conversations with young people who are becoming beings we like so much. Despite a wagonload of demands, these are good times.

We're celebrating the growth of this little being in particular this month. One year! Omigosh, what a ride this has been! You are rock solid despite your first year being rocked with tidal waves, little one. You amaze us. You are so incredibly whole! The day of your birth was off-kilter, rushed, and frenzied. Your arrival went differently than we planned, and yet, exactly as it was meant to be. The days and weeks that followed were exhausting and intense, full of multi-hemisphered collaborations, 2:00 am conference calls, and public restroom feedings. In all the newborn days I have lived, I have never been so tired. Thank you for being patient through that. You have already been my business partner, my co-manager, my buddy, and my light. You are my gardening aprentice and my pouch-dwelling confidant. You keep me grounded and you make me laugh. Kid, you are truly the most person I have ever seen in a package so small. We all love you like crazy.

Time is flying. My baby is a year; my first-born is a woman. My life is flowing over, and is so much different than I would have guessed it would be, but my dearest intentions remain a lot the same. Those harvests? I guess those reflect that. We're growing things around here.

On the table tonight: whatever we can harvest

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