As I've become more involved with babywearing, I've come to really appreciate how special it is to be able to hold your child so close, and how my wraps truly help foster and grow this amazing bond I have with my children. It is a little bittersweet, though, when I am faced with the fact that my father never got to hold his grandchildren.
My father was an amazing man who loved his kids more than anything else in this world. He was a gifted artist and potter whose work was greatly inspired by the American Southwest. When I was growing up, we spent most Christmases and Summer vacations in Santa Fe, visiting pueblos, shopping at the flea market and hiking in the mountains.
I lost my father before he could see me graduate from college, before he could walk me down the aisle, and before he could meet my beautiful girls and my brother's beautiful boys. I am so sad that his grandchildren will never get to know him, or experience the love and unbridled adoration he would have generously heaped on them.
I thought of a way to help forge a connection through one of my biggest passions - babywearing.
I enlisted the help of my brother, who follows in my father's shoes as a artist, and together, we've designed a wrap to honor our father and his love for the Southwest. We've named it Santa Fe, and it's inspired by my memories of Santa Fe - the adobe houses with white curtains and wooden fences, accented by turquoise beads and red chili peppers. I know that when I wear my girls in their legacy wraps, or when they use one as a blanket while they read a book, they will be connected to their grandfather, in his wrap's embrace.
~Kim
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