Sometimes you have to wonder, if all the affection you show your kids really effect them. Do they even notice? Do they even know what it is or means? Well maybe not everyone thinks this way but I do. I always show my kids TONS of affection but its not because I have to, it is because I want to. It comes so natural to me and I just can't help it. I couldn't stop kissing and hugging them if I tried!
Granted I am not the most affectionate person in the world to everyone else... but I am to my kids. Mia is very similar to me. She isn't one to give affection easily and it has to be on HER terms. I don't ask for much, just maybe a kissy here and there.. especially if she is going out. It has always been something I asked for or someone tells her to do. Yes, she does give out random hugs here and there but kissies are extremely rare to come by.
So you can imagine my surprise when she did the unthinkable tonight...
I was laying down with her in her bed. It was bedtime and I was trying to get her to go to sleep. Of course she just wanted to chit chat about the day and all the things that happened. She talked and talked and eventually I just closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep, hoping that she would get the hint. What happened next blew me away and melted my heart...
She rolled over to face the wall and stayed like that for while. She made me cuddle her so my arm was around her. Then out of no where she turns to me and gives me a great big kiss on my forehead, turns back to the wall, lays down and gets comfy to go to sleep.
I just melted. Tears actually started to welt in my eyes. I felt so love and appreciated in that little moment. I do so much for her and ask for nothing in return... so this was a huge treat for me. It came from her, no one asked her... she wasn't forced. Infact it never even came up... she just did what her heart told her to do. She wanted to show her Mama affection... how sweet is that!!!!
