I was making Hayden his almost-daily bowl of Ramen the other day. He launched into a dissertation on one of his favorite topics—power strips (“wight fings”). He said he would take the wight fing from the ‘puter and put it in his room and that will be okay.
I didn’t address that idea at that second. “I’m working on your noodles,” I said. “I’ll bring them to you in a minute.”
“Wif juice?”
“Juice? I don’t think we have any juice.”
“No, juice—bwaf.”
“Ohhh, broth. Yes, with broth.”
Hayden smiled. “Okay, I’ll see you in a few whiles.” He crouched down into his ‘starting blocks.’ “Mark, set, wace!” And he charged down the hall to his room.
I shook my head at the little ball of jabbering energy—and then I realized that moments like these were exactly why I wanted to be a mother.
What are your “this is what I wanted” moments?
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This makes me smile! It’s so much the simple stuff… chats with my 3yo at the dinner table about who her best friends are – it changes every day and is sometimes an animal, or Sunny Sun (the real sun in the sky). It’s just so nice to have real conversations with her!
Exactly.
Those moments are fleeting and beautiful:) My brain being what it is, I couldn’t think of anything specific when I first read this. But when one of my boys came to me bawling, I remembered one. When all it takes for them to stop crying is a long hug from me, I feel so special. They find such comfort and security merely from my touch and I love that part of being a mom!!
Of course, there are those times when nothing I do calms them down and that just hurts;) But when all it takes is a hug…priceless!