I want to thank Angela for reminding me of a topic I have been meaning to post for some time.
Childhood.
Looking back at my previous posts of N, they have mainly been about my difficulties and insights of motherhood. I rarely ever talk about the joys of N’s continuous childlike wonder with ordinary experiences. So here goes.
She loves jellybeans. You can tempt her with Indian sweets, ice cream, snow cones, chocolate, cake, etc, but in the end, she will always ask for jellybeans.
After she finishes her snacks and meals, she loves to ‘ride horsy’ on her booster chair. She can just swing back and forth forever without needing to be entertained with anything else.
She knows how to thoroughly enjoy each moment without being rushed. Even after she has slept for 11 hours, she still loves to come to our bed to sleep with her blanket or curl up on the sofa for some extra minutes of rest before beginning her day. Also, most other children have finished their slice of birthday cake at a party while N is still working on the icing.
She knows just how to test our limits, and when she sees that our facial expression of mannerism with her has change, she sweetly asks, “Are you still with me?”
She doesn’t walk. She jumps, gallops, and runs. She loves the idea of being chased, and doesn’t run to get anywhere. All of her moves are for one purpose, to have fun.
She loves to play with water. If we didn’t put any limits on water play indoors, we would probably be swimming after each hand wash and bath.
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” ~Angela Schwindt
N, you will grow older and change. May you continue to live in wonder.
11 comments:
This beautiful tribute to your precious daughter brought tears to my eyes this morning. And then to see her impish eyes and delighted-with-life smile, this was the icing on my cake. What a precious jewel you have here, my friend. And, yes, she is blessed to have you as a mother. Love, Love...
May we all continue to live in wonder...
Oh, dear Mermaid! This was such a beautiful post!
It's such a blessing to be able to see and appreciate the beauty and wonder of a child, especially in those years before they enter the school system and are influenced so much by their peers. What you see now is the core, the essence, of who she will become. The true self she will be again after those teen-age years are over. (Remember this in a few years!)
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Your tender, loving description of your daughter brought tears to my eyes, too. She is such a beautiful child! So intelligent and precocious. And so very lucky to have you as her mother. Lovely!
Hugs,
Angela
What a beautiful child you have, and she is wearing my favorite color. This is a wonderful post.
Jan, it's so easy for me to forget that she will grow up and succumb to the same life pressures we all did as weel. It was helpful for me to pause and reflect on this.
Angela, I totally agree. The teenage years. Yikes! Thanks for the heads up.
Annie, it's one of my favorite colors, too.
Oh, Mermaid! The way you honor your little blessing is beautiful. I believe that we can keep our children full of wonder my being wonder full ourselves. They truly are an inspiration.
She is such a beautiful child! And yes, it's true. We can learn a thing or two from them sometimes.
How beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing! Until you said it, I hadn't thought so much about the tendency when blogging about motherhood to focus on the challenges. I have fallen into the same trap it seems. I would like to do post just like this about my own kids sometime soon, so thanks for the inspiration.
I love the quote “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” ~Angela Schwindt. May you and your daughter continue to learn from each other. It is a very healing relationship.
This is a fabulous post, Mermaid, so poignant and wise. It might be good to save comments about your child in a journal and read them during those years when she is trying to disengage herself from her parents to become her own person. And you will keep those lessons you are learning from her fresh and in front of you! They grow so fast. One day you are thinking I will never do anything except bandage scraped knees or drive car pool, and the next they are grown and gone. Your daughter is the vision of perfection, and no doubt a reflection of YOU! How lovely this post is...I so appreciate your loving candid thoughts and comments....
Mof6: I will try.
Silver, we can.
Healingstones: It is. Sometimes I focus more on the difficulties than the healing.
Diantha: Yes, it would be nice to print the ones dedicated to her so she can have them when she is older. Thanks.
She is the most beautiful little girl. Gorgeous.
This is wonderful and how lucky to have you for her Mom.
Love Renee xoxoxo
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