I watched him yesterday, really watched him; drank him up in big gulps. Laid beside him in my bed and studied his profile, lingering over his dollop of a nose and his thick fan of lashes, the way they swooped up and down, up and down. I took him in, all of him, his face and his hair, his smooth, milky skin and the windows to his beautiful soul.
My son.
We spent a large portion of the day snuggling in my bed, watching movies, talking and goofing around. We tickled and giggled and I smothered him with kisses and told him that I loved him more than the moon and the stars and the sun in the sky, and he told me he loved me more than space and that he wants to be a bird when he grows up.
No, an airplane. Or maybe a bird and an airplane.
Brilliant.
And I laughed and told him that airplanes don’t have feathers and he answered back very seriously that no, they don’t. And then we got talking about spaceships and punching bad guys, which is oftentimes how it goes with Oliver.
They were bright moments, beautiful ones. Ones that I tucked away for later because I know there will come a time when I’ll want to pull them out and cup them in my hands, lean my face in close and live them again.
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Those are truly the moments that are so special, so peaceful, so incredible as a parent to savor. So sweet Mamatulip!
March 10th, 2009
*happy sigh*
No… wait…
Oliver laid still and let you cuddle him? Isn’t he the boy of reckless adventure?
Was he sick? Did you drug him? Did you tie him down?
March 10th, 2009
I love those moments.
March 10th, 2009
Aw – I love that he wants to be a bird when he grows up.
March 10th, 2009
That was beautiful, thank you for sharing! There is something so special about the relationship between mother and son. I’m off to go cuddle with mine! :)
March 10th, 2009
keep those close to your heart, mama.
March 10th, 2009
Isn’t this the absolute truth! Does it make you soar and hurt you so, like it does me? I think so.
I love your moments.
March 10th, 2009
very, very sweet O.
and i couldn’t help but think of a shared favorite of both of ours… Neutral Milk Hotel
March 10th, 2009
Very sweet post! Cherish those moments, for sure :)
March 10th, 2009
Only a Mom appreciate and make those special moments happen. Cherish them forever!
March 10th, 2009
So incredibly sweet. That actually made my heart hurt a teeny bit. Both our boys are growing up so quickly. When did they stop being babies? Matthew is such a big boy now, I don’t get much of a chance to slow him down and drink in the cuddle memories. You are so lucky. Hug the kiddos for me!
March 10th, 2009
Oh how I love that little boy… I love him so much!
:]
March 10th, 2009
God I wish I could put things in words down the way you do.
March 10th, 2009
I’m so happy to have found you (your blog, that is) via JourneyMama (who is such a beautiful soul) and now I have your words to uplift or remind or… I’m off to some of your suggestions to my GoodReads books.
March 11th, 2009
It’s conversations like this that I’m SO afraid of forgetting. Sweet!
March 11th, 2009
It’s the moments like this that make all of the “i want to kill him” moments bearable. Keep that one in the front of your memory for the next time. It is a sweet one.
March 11th, 2009
at first dude, seriously I thought you were writing about your dog!
bad me.
Drink up that lovely boy of boys, that boy who could glue feathers to an airplane just becasue it would be really neat.
March 11th, 2009
I had one of these moments with my own son this past weekend. In the rush of our lives, it is so wonderful to be able to slow down and really enjoy what matters. Thanks so much for sharing.
March 11th, 2009
Ooooh-eeee, do I know what you mean today. Thanks:o)
March 11th, 2009
My baby is only 4 months old and i already know what you mean, no longer newborn, a stage gone already.
I never knew it would be so exciting with a little bit of sadness thrown in but am loving it all the same
Pol x
March 12th, 2009
This is me, ignoring big fat chunky tears down my cheek. *sigh*
That. Was. Beautiful.
March 16th, 2009
♥
March 16th, 2009
Love, sweet love. :)
I heard this woman once, who said she had had a near death experience, and saw moments of her life flash before her when she was in heaven…she said that now when she has a baeutiful moment (like this), she says to herself/angels “keep this one”. And she knows someday when she sees her life again, the beautiful “keepers” will be there.
Don’t know if thats tru, but it’s a lovely thought. So i do it. ;)
ox
March 18th, 2009
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