I’m having a bit of a crap time at the moment if I’m honest but a few things have cheered me up and reminded me of the important things in life.
The first one occurred as I was driving home yesterday from picking the kids up from my parents’ house. We were quite late leaving as when I arrived at 5.45pm they hadn’t had their dinner yet, so I sat down and had a cup of tea while they had their dinner. By the time we were ready to leave it must have been around half 6.
I was at the main traffic lights and noticed that the Christmas Lights were up. So I pointed it out to the kids and they were so excited that I decided that we should drive through town (down one end, then turn around to drive back again – not the way I would normally go home but it was worth the delay). They were so excited and happy and I felt a real warmth in my soul. It was a proper moment of happiness and it almost had me crying (but smiling at the same time).
Then once we’d done the rounds, I drove home and did the bedtime routine. The second moment came around 9pm when I was practicing guitar. Joshua, who still wasn’t asleep, came out because he heard me playing guitar and singing. I said he could shut the living room door if he wanted, if I was disturbing him. He went back to his room, but then came back and pushed the living room door open again. Then went back to bed. I finished up my practice session and was going to make myself a drink when I saw his bedroom door was open. I went in and asked if he was alright and why his bedroom door was open and he said “because I like your singing mummy”. My heart just melted. Bam. Another happiness moment. It left me feeling all warm inside.
Just thought I would write about that as its nice to share this stuff but also to remind myself that life isn’t all bad.
That is so sweet. Kids can say the right things at the right time to turn us to mush!
Ah this is so sweet x