You know.. I absolutely relish in witnessing my child's mind expand and comprehend more and more every single day.. and watching him the last 2yrs as he has learned to read...and read WELL!
The world around him has now made so much more sense.. Street signs, building names, graffiti... everything just now has depth to it. Has a meaning.. and he has to express it all..Bumper stickers, license plates, billboards... Which then opens the flood gates to many, many deep discussions on every topic out there... and his little mind then expands that much more.. The wondrous look in his eyes, that exuberance in his voice...
And I can't help but think that I don't remember when the world finally clicked to me.. and someday he will forget this feeling. This moment in his life. How do you capture that for him to look back on? How do you bottle this essence of his childhood for him to ever feel again. Watching this... sitting back and just awestruck in the awesomeness that it actually is.. Â I know I will not forget this , because it is like a photograph or a video re-playable for me. But.. he will not remember this tiny fleeting moment in time..in childhood.. it will be 2nd nature to him, as it is for most of us adults.
It truly is bittersweet!
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