I've come to have low expectations when coming home from a trip away from the family. Countless episodes of rushing to see Girl to flood her with kisses have been met with a lukewarm, What Up, Woman? Okay, time to get back to my Dora/painting/mud cake baking/torturing beast cat/what have you. Peace out.
No tears of joy. No squeezing hugs. Not even a face frozen with unbelievable delight. MOMMY! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE! YOU ARE HOME! I DIDN'T THINK I COULD GO ON WITHOUT YOU!
Because that's how I've always felt.
Yet, maybe things are changing.
Monday morning, as soon as I heard her start to wake up, I busted into her room like the Kool-Aid Man.
It's me. I'm home.
She was sitting up in bed and as soon as she saw me, she started laughing IN DELIGHT. Mama! More laughing. Mama!
Of course, this made the reunion all the sweeter. And for once, all of my hugs and kisses were not received by a stiff, quietly polite solider-girl, but returned in full.
And it was good.
Oh, hurray for warm fuzziness! That sounds like a beautiful way to start the day.
Posted by: alejna | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Yep, I've experienced this exactly. Perfectly put!
Posted by: FreshMD | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Aawww. That's awesome.
I got a warm welcome, too. My son actually waved at me. It was his first ever wave.
Posted by: Zellmer | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Good for you mama! I have yet to experience the reciprocity factor myself. It kind of sucks!
Posted by: Hetha | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Way good.
Posted by: flutter | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 01:23 PM
yay! i'm so glad.
Posted by: slouching mom | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 07:27 PM
That is a quality welcome. My kids said, "What did you bring me?" Next time I'm doing the Kool Aid Man burst in: oh yeah!
Posted by: Janet | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 09:34 PM
this makes me so happy.
Posted by: jen | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:32 PM
There's nothing quite like it, is there?
Posted by: Mary | Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:52 PM
That is too sweet~my mom says I was a very unemotional, non-cuddly baby too and it killed her, especially since I was the first.
Posted by: qt | Friday, July 25, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Too sweet! Mornings are always good when life is fresh.
Posted by: Denise | Friday, July 25, 2008 at 07:22 PM
I think the welcome home is just as great as the time away. Maybe better.
Posted by: Kyla | Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 02:13 PM
I had got a desire to start my own organization, but I did not earn enough of cash to do that. Thank God my friend said to take the mortgage loans. So I received the auto loan and realized my dream.
Posted by: CLAUDINE25Miles | Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:48 AM