Friday:
Today we went to the park at Circle C to meet up with some other mom friends and their kiddos. We three were the first ones there. Liam had taken his pin-wheel that he got at Ari's birthday party. A simple little 5 inch tall plastic toy that has become his new favorite. It was a rather windy day, and as we sat on the edge of the play ground, Liam took it and stuck it in the rocks and just watched it as the wind blew through its blades, causing it to spin round and round. I asked him if he wanted to go swing, "No." Slide? "No." Walk on the balance beam? "No, I want to sit right here." I smiled at him and we sat and watched the other kids run back and forth and play as we waited. I began realizing that Liam is very much his own person and it's better for me as the mom to let him do what he wants. In doing this, I see how much Liam can teach me. I have my own philosophy that kids are us in the raw. Meaning, our kids are what we would be like with out any previous trauma, influence, events, or such that mold us from what we were born as to what we are now. I can really sit and look at Liam and see so much of me and Phillip in him. He has Phillip's contentment of very little interaction, but the ability to really bond and connect with those he is close to. What I admire most about Liam is he has the patience and peace to just...be. And in just being, is content and secure with that. I think that's a lesson we could all take the time to re-learn sometimes.
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