I can feel you watching me, hear the stifled giggle, and am fully aware of just how pathetic you think I am that I get this thrill from leaving my house in the evening to go by myself to a coffee shop to write on a laptop for an hour or two… Pretty exciting, right?
How do you like this, then: When I see a little toddler run by, I kind of miss my kids already, who are sprinting, wildly laughing, around their father’s legs in the kitchen while he tries to make them dinner.
(Don’t miss them enough to leave yet, though.)
I love you both.
Time alone…even for a cup of coffee…is just so much more special after having kids. One day, I was out running an errand by myself and thought, “I think I’ll stop and get a bottle of sparkling water”. It was the best bottle of water I had had in a very long time. My kids have taught me to appreciate the little things.
He understands more after he had that one of a kind birthday card made for you!
Alas there is no reaching our 20 year old selves, I think you have to live this to understand it, motherhood totally surprises me.
You’re making me think too much! My dreams and doubts are knocking on the door insistently.
My little and biggest thrill: drinking a good coffee by myself, and finishing it while it is still warm because I didn’t have to get up, run around, read a book, pull a kid back from the cafe kitchen, etc, etc, etc.
(and that’s not even being out in the evening, you sophisticated thing).
Awwww…Theresa–thank you!
I really get that water thing, Vikki–and appreciating the little things is exactly right…
C’tina–You’re right–that birthday card farce would traumatize even the hardiest of us parents, according to what I heard about it.
bluemilk–Yeah, reaching through to her is pretty tough–there’s a big chasm that occurred right when that first baby made his appearance. But it’s a good chasm…
Imani–Hmmm, I think I want to read a post about those “dreams and doubts,” how about it?
kris–Ha! “Sophisticated” me, drinking coffee alone at night–yeah, I like that!
I love leaving them and missing them.