I find that each age my kids go through has both challenges and rewards. There always seems to be a six month period where they stretch their wings and challenge authority and a six month period were they are content with life. You don't get a warning when one is coming and the other is going, so you learn to appreciate those moments of calm.
When Colin stretches his wings, he is very vocal about it. The child has challenged me at times in ways that have left me questioning everything I ever thought to be true about myself and the world around me. The last several months have been difficult, so I wasn't fully prepared for what happened the other day.
It was late in the evening and I had a cold coming on, so I climbed into bed early hoping to rest it out of me. Colin decided to come in to check on me and climbed into my bed to chat. We began to talk about his day and how things are going in his world. I often will say to my kids when we are having a pleasant moment that I want to freeze them just as they are and not let them grow up anymore. Colin joked with me that I was getting my wish when it came to him (he often feels bad about his size so I was happy to joke with him instead of having to comfort him). I said to him that maybe if I loved him a little more, he would be like Clifford the Big Red Dog and grow to be gigantic. He looked at me and in all seriousness he said, "Mom, it would be impossible for you to love me any more than you do right now."
No gift I could ever get will top those words.
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