Dear Babies,
When we are dancing, to records I used to play, on Saturday nights; and your little bodies are spinning, spinning and your little faces are laughing, laughing, I am filled with the knowing, that there is no where so sweet as now.
I have never just loved where I am. Not known how to be still, have rushed and pushed and run toward a future; always desperate for ‘something to happen’.
And then there was you; and you slowed me down. Made me look up and out, instead of down and in. Connected me.
And the more I listen to that, to you, to all the lessons you have brought with you, the happier I am.
Mabel; you are infinitely sweet. When you were a baby, and you lived in my lap, I could literally kiss you to sleep. 1000 kisses a day seems to be your requisite – we’re the same in that way. I am doing my best to get you to stand up to your brother, when he does something you don’t like; making sure you have a voice, and the confidence to use it. You told him the other day, ‘Don’t treat me like a toy! I’m a robot!’, which was so cool and empowered I would have given you a high-five, but I like to let you just be in your own radness sometimes, to find solidity there, in who you are; to trust your own reactions without need for affirmation. You boss us all around, constantly. You don’t like to wear dresses, but on the occasions you do, you tell me they are for dancing, so we try out a few moves. You say ‘ya’ instead of ‘you’ and the other day when you couldn’t remember the name of your tounge, you told me you didn’t need your face washed because you’d ‘Use your licker’. You make me cry with laughter. You’d rather be a pirate than a princess.
Theo; your comprehension is incredible. You process best when given all the information, which I can see you sorting in your mind, adding up, finding validity within your understanding, working out how things are. You are perceptive and persistent. You have great big feelings – we’re the same in that way. I do my best to support you through them, to provide you a place of stillness, to be the constant you can always come back to when you’ve gone to far. Remember, little love, no matter how far you go, you can always turn around. You ask me amazing questions all day. ‘Why are the crackers being quiet?’, when we haven’t sealed their container properly, and the air has made them lose their crunch. ‘What is that light dancing in the water?’, the windows reflected in the bath, I say. ‘That’s interesting’, you tell me. ‘What’s that hook for?’, it’s for a chain to connect the plug with the bathtub so you don’t lose it, I tell you. ‘That’s clever’, you say. You’re three, I tell myself.
We are constantly learning from one another. All the time finding out how to best be ourselves. You have brought out the best in me. Your very existence has made me finally appreciate my own.
Thank you for being you. And thank you for being mine.
Love, Mama xx
gawwwwd thats just gorg lady!!!!
❤ xx
I feel very calmed at the thought of you happy where you are, cos I totally get you. I’m still speeding away, zippy zip zip, but it’s very nice to know you found your spot to stop in (and the spot to stop at even exists for when the zipping to the future is done!) x
Oh, missus. That’s lovely. x
Alice, this is so beautiful! I totally get that moment you described right at the start – watching them do something so fun and realising that actually, nothing is better than where we are. It’s so good to have those reminders.
Thanks Lady! See you this weekend! xx
Wow this is quite a beautiful and profound piece of writing! You are so good at articulating the moments that mean so much and I really feel you mumma when you say the your little people’s very existence has made you finally appreciate your own! Me Too! I have only just started my journey with Neivh but she sure does fill my world wit happiness Xxx
Oh, Lady. Thank you so much for the love.
It’s a crazy ride, but it’s ours, so best love it like crazy. xx
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