Aug 11th, 2007
Killing Me Softly
Oh my little man…
What am I going to do with you?
Since you were born you’ve known just how to get to my heart…and you know just how to break it…
you are the child that makes me question my ability to parent.
Today you did it again…I believe you were trying to give your poor mother a heart attack. Again and again you would walk into the pool. Refusing to hold my hand. Wanting to play “ring around the roses” by yourself and when you came to the “all fall down” part…you would dunk yourself under with no knowledge of how to get back up.
You did this FOUR TIMES. Each time I would yank you back to the surface. Each time you would cough up water and cling to me. Each time you would insist on getting back down, out of my arms, back into in harms way.
I love you so much my little man. I hope we both survive this trip.
Good Enough
Oh my heart just skipped about 20 beats. What mothers go thru for the sake of their children. I remember feeling the same way about you. It wasn’t the water, it was the car, the boy friend, the tennis club, the long drives to dance lessons, the friends I wasn’t sure of. He is within your reach. He won’t always be.
Vannie
OK, first, that last picture is frameable art! Just beautiful.
Second, OMW I understand what you mean. Kudos to for being there for him but still letting him do it his way. He’s learning valuable lessons. He’s learning to be independent but also realizing you’ll always be there. Wonderful. And scary.
Oh, that is terrible! Naughty, naughty boy.
Wow - my kids usually want OUT. RIGHT. NOW. after going under the water. And there is no way they would go under on PURPOSE!! Maybe you should just tie something around him so that you can pull him too you at random moments…