a moment…

I had one of those moments today, it was weird. Walking home from school as we do every single day. I must turn my head about a thousand times on our walk home, checking everyone is keeping up and not dawdling or distracted or sulking…..i swear i need a sheep dog. 

Anyway i glanced back and Isaac was just walking behind me singing a song to himself and he smiled at me when he caught my eye…and i had a moment…when in a split second i saw the young man he is becoming and the child he is leaving behind and it made me catch my breath. As in…literally the strength of the emotion took me by surprise.

I was trying to think about why i felt so surprised by the feeling it gave me. I think because with young kids and this stage of parenting it can be so relentless and so labour intensive that there is no time or even inclination to stop and see the bigger picture..and sometimes that bigger picture is something you may not even be able to imagine let alone think about. Don't get me wrong Im not getting all sentimental about him not being a baby anymore etc but it was like peering through a window into the future and realising that he is becoming a young man. Our young man. And his life, his adventure and that of his sisters too is just beginning and that is kind of exciting. 

 

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