I’ve witnessed a couple of the most precious displays from
Baby B over the past few days, ones that simultaneously melt my heart and make
me wanna cry.
We were out to dinner on Saturday night, and I took the
opportunity to tell the girls that I won’t be able to attend their fall
festival at school. [I feel terrible
about it…it’s something they look forward to so much…but I made plans several
months ago to go to an event with my dad.]
I expected the girls to be upset. I can’t say they were thrilled, but they took
it in stride when I told them they would still go with Daddy, only Mommy wouldn’t
be there. And then, moments later, I saw
Baby B’s chin start to tremble.
“I don’t like it when you’re not home for night-night,” she
told me.
To glimpse what's important to my precious girl!!!
And then, in the middle of that same night, B came to me
around 2am to tell me she’d gotten sick to her stomach. I asked her to go to the kitchen, and I made
my way there. I couldn’t quite put two-and-two
together, as to how everything transpired.
B explained that she woke up feeling sick and came
downstairs to get me. “…but I saw you
were sleeping, and I didn’t want to disturb you.”
Bless it!!!
She got her “bucket” out of the kitchen and lay on the couch
instead. She finally woke me only when
she actually got sick.
There’s emotional maturity and the sweetness of my baby
girl, all rolled into one. It tugs at my
heartstrings, for sure…and makes this heart of mine so happy.
2 comments:
Oh, that is so sweet! I love how open-hearted kids can be. They are often better at it than adults. I miss seeing your girls in "real time" on Facebook!
I think you will appreciate this: I turned 40 yesterday and J&E had saved up all their allowance and extra chore money to take me out to lunch! My neighbor told me they were so motivated they knocked on her door asking if she'd be willing to hire them!
How sweet and independent of her! Gosh they are growing up very fast
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