When I came home from giving a work presentation on Thursday, I found my son playing outside with his babysitter. He wasn't playing ball. He wasn't riding his new tricycle.
He was trying to put the fallen leaves back on the trees.
"I fix the trees, Mommy," he said, in a very serious tone. "The leaves fall down. All the leaves are down on the ground. I fix them."
How long will this sweetness last? How long can it last, in this world, in a boy?
It's times like these I want to wrap him in an impenetrable armor of love, freeze him in love, preserved, in his untarnished innocence, like a butterfly in amber.
But I can't. And I shouldn't try.
(And I can't.)
But I can write about it.
12 comments:
Trying to rehang fallen leaves???
So.darn.cute!
Awww. Doesn't that give you lots of warm fuzzies?
You're a wonderful mommy. He's so loving and kind because you are such a great example.
That made me all teary-eyed. Children make you feel so jaded and old. And yet so free and happy and fresh when they are around. Enjoy it for as long as you can.
What sweet, kind soul he must be. That gave me a smile today. Thanks.
Writing about it IS preservation.
God, he's adorable.
That is just precious and it warms my heart. It is also so wise of you to recognize that you can't preserve him forever. Enjoy his innocent ways now!
So Sweet.
See these days that's what they call "emo" and it's really, really cool, so no worries! It'll help him with the ladies in high school.
Oh, my god. That made my heart squeeze.
So lovely.
Mrs. Fortune, I shall rely on you to keep me up on what all the cool kids are doing these days.
That is just too sweet. A tree hugger is born!
My daughter recently told me she didn't want to kill bugs anymore because they may be "old souls." Like you, I wonder how much longer this can last. How much longer, until like me, she starts yelling "KILL IT!!!" whenever she sees a fly?
What a doll. What a wonderful little person.
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