Suburban Goddess

I was sitting on my sofa last night, curled up in the corner doing some work on my laptop, when Alex climbed up next to me. In the evenings, you will rarely find her without her blankie & Tigger in tow, so she settled in next to me, tucking Tigger down on her other side (“Sit here, Tigger…”) before pulling the blanket over her tiny legs and resting her head against my arm.

This gesture was significant, because it’s the first time she’s ever wanted to be in my company without wanting something. I don’t mind that she normally wants something; since her birth, I’ve been trained to understand “baby cries, baby needs something.” Eventually, there is a subtle transition from needs to wants… but when a kid is wailing, your first priority is to make the screaming stop. (Just give her the ice cream! One time won’t hurt!)

So I looked down at her, my little Rockwell cherub… she looked back up at me with her big, beautiful green eyes and pixie smile, the cutest little dimples in her chubby cheeks. I leaned down to drop a kiss on her forehead. She reciprocated with a big hug, uttering in her sweet little voice, “I wuv you, Mommy.”

There are not words to describe how much love fills your heart when your child utters those words unprompted. We sat there together for a few moments in silence, a mother/daughter moment that is forever burned in my sweetest memories, until she grew tired of it and wiggled free.

“Can I have some iscream?”

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