Letting Go

I'm feeling sentimental. Maybe it's looking at stacks of unorganized photos that brings back thousands of random memories. Tonight I'm thinking about:

*ear infections--forcing the bubble gum medicine between clenched teeth; waiting in the hospital while tubes were put in ten-month old ears
*band aids and stitches
*night terrors, when everything was "big"
*snuggling in bed and reading an entire book of children's poetry together--just the two of us
*learning to drive
*break dancing and moon walking
*falling asleep in the van and waking up alone, parked in a church parking lot
*sitting on the stairs, having late night conversations about nothing and everything
*Scout camp outs and youth conferences
*band concerts, choir concerts, dance concerts
*Blue and Gold Banquets and choir dinners
*a pet bunny
*heart-stopping back flips on cement!
*opening a mission call, ACT scores, college acceptance & scholarship letters, and valentines
*dancing the West Coast Swing in the kitchen, picking me up and swinging me around
*MTC hugs and airport hugs
*passing the sacrament, and later, blessing it
*singing in the shower
*homemade Mother's Day cards, Christmas ornaments and handprints
*haircuts
*math counts competitions and dancesport competitions
*waiting for emails every Monday
*birthday parties, Halloween costumes and Christmas wish lists
*a fifth grade answer to "What will you be doing in five years?"--"Investing!"
*buying a first suit
*"Blue Moon," "Baby, It's Cold Outside," and "Butterfly Kisses"
*D'Males
*figuring out Pacabelle's Canon on the piano and leading the ward choir in an original arrangement of "The Spirit of God"
*Guarani
*signing "You drive me crazy" to the bishopric during Sacrament Meeting; laying under the bench and tearing up pages from a paperback copy of the Book of Mormon
*helping me plot a book
*playing "Fox and Geese," "Sardines" and "Murder in the Dark"
*attending the temple together
*cha cha'ing with Amy at Goblin Valley; chanting "I want to go home" in a tent with Julie during a Yellowstone rainstorm
*tuxes, corsages and limousine's
*telling jokes, jumping on the trampoline and eating boxes of cereal
*sunburns from Scofield winter camping
*soccer games
*nertz, Risk, and Diplomacy
*wanting more cookies at Colorado National Monument, and taking off when he didn't get them
*playing the guitar, the piano, the saxophone, the recorder, the clarinet
*kisses on my cheek

I love you, Danny.