burgeon /vt./ to grow or develop quickly, flourish. to bloom or blossom. effloresce. expand. thrive. flower. snowball. sprout.
burgeon /vt./ 1. I need to get this post written, as this word's life and influence is quickly burgeoning into my current week. And may I just say that I love a word that can be defined by both a snowball and a flower. Clever word. You can feel it's anxious, growing, proud self in the first syllable.
burgeon /vt./ 2. David's love of politics has burgeoned from a sweet little crush to an all-out obsession. I have felt a bit like a "football wife" for the past, oh, ten months or so, but it has been particularly bad this last week. He has Fox News on his Blackberry 24/7 these days and he was cheering and clapping and yelling so loudly during Sarah Palin's speech this week that the kids got out of bed to see what all the excitement was about. (In his defense, she is quite fabulous.) He's even given up sleeping-in on Sunday mornings (gasp!) to watch the political shows. That election cannot come soon enough.
burgeon /vt./ 3. My sister, Rachel, and I taught another of our body image classes last week and we have another one tonight and two more scheduled in the coming weeks. I cannot explain the burgeoning popularity of the class, but we are so happy to teach it whenever we can to get the message out. Though the more we give it, the more we see what amateurs we really are. Really, you'd think our confidence would burgeon the more times we give it, but I think both of us are just more and more aware of our flaws. I told her this last week that the one really great thing about it is that we get to spend more time together. That part is admittedly delightful.
burgeon /vt./ 4. Savannah was baptized this week and Olivia was unaccountably emotional about it. As I was blow-drying Olivia's hair on Saturday afternoon the tears burgeoned to overflowing. She finally threw her arms around Savannah's neck and sobbed, "I'm just so proud of you Savannah. You make me so happy." I cannot believe my luck in catching this moment on film. Savannah's look so perfectly captures her bafflement at her sister's emotional (and decidedly lachrymose) moment.
burgeon /vt./ 5. Much to my delight, Caleb and Olivia performed a musical number at Savannah's baptism, "When I Am Baptized." Caleb played his violin and Olivia sang. I accompanied them on the piano. They did so well, despite the sheer terror (as Rachel described it) that Olivia experienced just before she opened her mouth. I love to see my children's talents burgeon and flourish. They have been asked to do the number in sacrament meeting in a few weeks. Olivia has been quite conflicted about this invitation, vacillating between burgeoning fear and happy pride.
I didn't have a picture of their musical number, but David sent me an email earlier today letting me know that I had neglected to include his favorite picture in the baptism post...I'm including it here, for him.
burgeon /vt./ 6. Olivia had her first viola lesson this week and was bursting and burgeoning with uncontainable excitement. Her teacher is a woman named Marie with a charming eastern European accent. When I picked Olivia up she said, nodding at Olivia's joy-infused face, "Oh, she's just vonderful." And so the practicing has begun in earnest, and I am aware of a burgeoning acknowledgement (again) that I should listen to my children...apparently they do know what they want.