I’m a working mom, I have a 16 month old son, W. and I’m expecting baby R. in about 6 weeks. I do have a great set up were I’m able to work 4 days a week and be off on Monday’s with my son. We have our routine of laundry, a trip to the playground, lunch with Dad up at the church, and usually we run errands. Today, we headed over to TJ Maxx to check out baby clothes and of course, W. wanted out of the cart to explore all the random toys in the kids section. As I settled in on the most adorable blue onesie with bears all over it, I hear this gasp of pure joy….”OHHHHHH” as W. pointed to a four pack of plastic dinosaurs. I turned and his face was completely in awe and he was enamored by these creatures and of course began to fuss saying “STUCK” when the dinosaurs wouldn’t come out of the box. After checking out with one baby onesie, a new sugar dish, a new frying pan and a four pack of dinosaurs, we proceeded home.
The dinosaurs are no longer “stuck”. W. is watching a show on TV and I have settled down on the couch with the determination to write my first post here.
I wrote all that’s above because my Monday’s tend to be pretty uneventful, stressful even at times if the laundry loads get too big and work starts emailing. However, today, as we drove home and I looked in the rear view mirror at the wonder child sitting behind me, playing with his new dinosaur and gabbing up a storm. I am blessed to be entrusted with raising this beautiful person, my little baby is turning into a boy with thoughts, opinions, likes, dislikes, questions, a developing vocabulary and an amazing imagination. Seeing his face at the site of those plastic spiky toys that I will likely curse in the middle of the night after stepping on one of them, (probably the stegosaurus) seeing that joy made my day.
Little moments make a beautiful life. Someone told me the days can be long but the years are short…some days I feel like it all flies by way to fast and I find myself tucking him in at night next to me and just staring at his little face, holding his little hands that will one day be bigger than mine, wishing I could hit pause and at the same time, eager to see who he will become, to hear his thoughts and help him fulfill his dreams. Time can be your enemy or you can simply breathe in and embrace these dino days as they come. Yes, buying a couple of dinosaurs was the absolute highlight of my day today. If you would have told me that 10 years ago today, as I sat in a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, I would have been shocked, oh how things change. Tomorrow I’ll be back in rush hour traffic, back to the race and craziness of wearing my working mom hat. Right now, I’ll sit here in the quiet, washer sloshing and a little boy playing with his new toys on the floor with wonder. It doesn’t get better than this.
Wandering Heart Bound 