Seeing things through the eyes of a child...
Thinking about what the world looks like to my kids is overwhelming. Tonight, I fed them dinner and gave them a bath. I play a game in the tub where I scream "Waterfall!!" and then dump a bucket of water on them. They love it and screech like little monkeys when I do it. I watched them tonight and realized how their hearts must be beating so fast, filled with anticipation and excitement, and JOY. Then we came downstairs and it was time to cuddle and go to bed. But I looked at the world through their eyes and realized it's Friday night... and I popped some popcorn and it made them so happy.
So today, I'm grateful for the little things that are never little at all. The buckets of water, the popcorn... that's what it's all about. Those are the random tiny things my kids will remember, just like I remember from my childhood. I'm also grateful for having such a happy childhood, one that gives me the ability to recognize the happiness in my own kids' eyes.
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- random_mommy
- Officially a mommy since August 2005- a boy named Buddha. Then again in September 2007- a girl named Cam. Just because you're a mom doesn't mean you can't use the f-word now and then.
Shiz-nit in no particular order
- Candadian Thoughts in Texas
- A day in the life of a mum of 4
- Incoherent Ramblings of a SAHM
- The Mommy Logs
- The Toddler Times
- Gallery of Buddha
- Non-lucid Drivel
- Close Encounters of the Drool Kind
- Margarita Mama
- I'm Just Saying
- Following Kate
- Country Fried Mama
- Blooming in the South
- Poodlehead's Ponderings
- My 2 Suns
- In My Belly
- Anglophile Football Fanatic
- Crazy Is as Crazy Does
- A Day in the Life
- Mochila y Mas
this isn't luck.
2 comments:
aren't our kids just so amazing?! i learn the gift of being completely in the moment from them... i heard an author on NPR talk about what happiness and joy mean to her, and she said that she realized that she was happiest when she was fully engaged in what she was doing at the moment. your post reminded me of that. miss you!
Thanks J!! I was shocked, but Buddha and I were talking about Texas and he remembers his friends--- not their names, but he knows there was a boy and some girls!
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