I a friend of mine recently pointed out that I am her dumping ground for my life. In other words, she is basically the only one that hears all my junk. Which is okay, she says. We discussed this in a nicer way than it sounds. Well, I was a little dissapointed in my self, apparently I turned in Debbie Downer, and I did not realize it. Now, granted, my life has benn a lttle crazy lately, but that is no excuse! So, in a effort to fix this, and to make sure that I do not look back on these early years of parenthood as merely surviving, I am going to try a running list of things that I enjoy about my children.
1. They way Shepherd looks at me excitely and jumps up and down in his crib when I come in to get him.
2. They way Michaela wakes up Generel up every morning, ' Wake up, Generel, Wake Up!" and then leads him and Shepherd in renditions of Deep and Wide.
3. When I walk through the door and Michaela says to me. "Mommy, your here!, Mommy your here!
4. Generels adoration of Thomas the Train.
5. The best hugs from Shepherd
May, 27, 2011
6. The way Michaela comes up to me for no reason and pats my cheek and then kisses my knee.
7. Gavin, for his concern for homeless people and their lack of pillow pets.
8.Generel, and his love for everything firefighter, and when he says to me," They are not rain boots, they are firefighter boots."
9. Shepherd, for his very early love of music, when he sticks his hands in the air, palms open, tiny fingers back, looks like he is worshiping Jesus as he listens to music.
10. Michaela's raspy voice.
11.The bronzened torso of Gavin from playing in the sun, and the now white "fur" that is on his back and shoulders, that was so black the day he was born, he looked like a little gorrilla baby.
12. The rosy cheekness of the twins, after playing outside, with the hair wet on the forehead, all culed up, forming a frame around the big blue eyes and long lashes.
13. Michela's comment yesterday, "Mommy, we have to talk.' " I have a bugbite.'
14.Generel's half smile, with the gleam in his eye, that reminds me so much of my little brother.
15. With that same look he exclaims to me," I am going to drive the car.' as he goes toward the driver's door.
