I’ll remember this when he’s a surly teenager

Posted on May 4, 2011 by | 4 Comments

The other evening, as I moved around the kitchen, Matthew was my little shadow.  Everywhere I went, he went.  “I’m following you,” he told me happily.

“Yes, you are following me,” I said.  “Why are you following me?”

“Because I want to be by your side.”

Click went the tape recorder of my memory.  Some things are too important to forget.

 

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4 responses to “I’ll remember this when he’s a surly teenager”

  1. Elizabeth | May 5, 2011 at 10:37 am |

    AWWWWWWWWWWW!! I can relate. My 4 year old always, and I mean always wants to be with me. (Hard to go to the potty!!!LOL)

  2. Dianna | May 5, 2011 at 12:34 pm |

    I completely agree with you — as the mother of 4, I look at my liitle boys, and think that there will come a time when they refuse to kiss me any more. So sad, but gives me a better perspective on having multiple tiny shadows.

  3. Ginny | May 5, 2011 at 9:31 pm |

    No such thing as personal space, is there, Elizabeth? I feel your pain!

    Dianna, amen to that. I’m not sure how I’ll weather the independence of those future years, except by remembering these exhausting but totally adorable moments.

  4. Bob | May 6, 2011 at 4:36 am |

    Remember to thank Matthew’s Pre-School Teacher. I would bet she or Scott put that little bee in his bonnet.
    Happy Mothers Day