Here is the conversation Clarabella and I had last night...but allow me to set the stage. She has been sleeping in her her own room for the past few months and things have been going GREAT!!! In the last two weeks she has begun to have issues though. She doesn't want to be alone, she comes up with all sorts of reasons to come out to talk to us about "stuff", and it's starting to affect her day at school. So I laid down with her last night and we talked about her day, how she was feeling, and why we're having problems now. She held my hand and said, "I think it would be a good idea if we had a bed that is big enough for all of us to sleep in." I laughed and said, "It probably would be nice, but I don't think they make beds that big." "But Mommy, I just can't stand to be alone and away from you." I sort of giggled again and said, "How funny. Right now you don't want to be away from me, but in just several years you won't want to be anywhere near me." My sweet beautiful girl actually got tears in her eyes and said, "That will never happen. That isn't nice to not want to be near your mommy." Oh how I wish that day never comes. How I hope that those moments are very few and don't last long. Clarabella has the most sincere heart and her feelings are quite deep and raw (for the lack of a better word) so I know she means what she says. I only pray that she remembers it when she gets older.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I hope I'm wrong!!!
Here is the conversation Clarabella and I had last night...but allow me to set the stage. She has been sleeping in her her own room for the past few months and things have been going GREAT!!! In the last two weeks she has begun to have issues though. She doesn't want to be alone, she comes up with all sorts of reasons to come out to talk to us about "stuff", and it's starting to affect her day at school. So I laid down with her last night and we talked about her day, how she was feeling, and why we're having problems now. She held my hand and said, "I think it would be a good idea if we had a bed that is big enough for all of us to sleep in." I laughed and said, "It probably would be nice, but I don't think they make beds that big." "But Mommy, I just can't stand to be alone and away from you." I sort of giggled again and said, "How funny. Right now you don't want to be away from me, but in just several years you won't want to be anywhere near me." My sweet beautiful girl actually got tears in her eyes and said, "That will never happen. That isn't nice to not want to be near your mommy." Oh how I wish that day never comes. How I hope that those moments are very few and don't last long. Clarabella has the most sincere heart and her feelings are quite deep and raw (for the lack of a better word) so I know she means what she says. I only pray that she remembers it when she gets older.
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I just teared up when I read this. Carleigh and I have had the same conversation and it is beyond her that she would prefer her friends over us and especially me. Let's hope we are the kind of moms who can discipline and love in a way that our girls always feel close to us.
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