Usually, I would be gone for just a couple of hours – my absence
from home was hardly felt. One day though, I was out for almost the entire afternoon.
I can’t remember what I was doing, but
it was the day where I did not really have the chance to interact with my kids
in the morning, and, I was not feeling at
all guilty leaving my 2 babies with the nanny who I know are in good hands.
The moment I came home and walked in the door, Spud looked
up from whatever it was she was doing, stood up and with a big, fat smile on
her face, bolted towards me and exclaimed, “Mama!”
After some hearty hugs and slobbery toddler kisses with
Spud, I then walked over to Squirt who was then happily sitting in his bouncer.
The moment I stood down to his level to give him a kiss on his chubby cheek, I was
greeted with such wonderful smiles – smiles that seemed to say that he missed
me and just all too ecstatic to see me. All this time, Spud hovering over me and her
brother.
Ahh! Such warm welcome home. My heart expanded a thousand times! It feels
light and bouncy and warm and toasty. For
a moment, I forgot all that crying and wailing and temper tantrums I have been
brutally exposed to since I became a temporary stay home mom.
At that moment, I was wholly consumed by overwhelming sense
of joy, pride and love for and from my kids. Such happiness!
And at that moment, I’m thinking that is really how a mother
should feel. Every day should be like this.
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