I get stuck throughout the day. In bed. On a chair. She will be sitting on my knees and she’ll start to smile and I will start kissing her cheeks and she will chuckle and I will chuckle and she’ll look at me and I will look at her and then I will not want [...]
“Good job, mom!”
“Delicious!”
“So good!”
It’s praise from a two-year-old, but I nearly burst a button off my coat every time. You give your kid something and they think it is amazing and they think you are amazing. It rocks. I get it now. This is why parents go a little overboard with the gift giving. I’m [...]
Today we made a point to take a morning walk. We didn’t have to wear mittens. It was Helen sleeping in the sun and fresh air and myself reading on a bench and Reed stomping along the river. We could linger. It reminded me of warmer days when we live outdoors. We water the garden, [...]
Yes,
the floor is full of toys and there are dishes to wash (floors to wash, clothes to wash…), but the sun is falling on my chair. That warm, winter sun. And there is tea and the quiet of two children sleeping. I am going to sit in that sun and sit in it well.
And also,
This [...]