Thursday, January 22, 2009

It's Nice To Hear

It's nice to hear your almost 16 y/o daughter say she'd rather stay home than go out because home is so comfortable.

It's nice to hear your youngest son crack you up daily with witty, insightful jokes, making you laugh like your best friends would.

It's nice to hear your children decline an offer for dessert by saying, "no thank you, I've already eaten something with sugar in it today.  I think I've had enough" without any prompting from yourself.  (Maybe they will make good choices without you one day - whew).

It's nice to hear your 20 y/o son say "love you mom" and give you a hug before he leaves for the day.

It's nice to hear your children have an informed discussion of the merits and downsides to a movie over the dinner table.

It's nice to hear your daughter speak enthusiastically about how she approaches her sport and what she is getting out of it.

These are some of the things I heard in the last few days . . . it's nice to hear, because as we all know with families, as with life, we don't always hear things that put a smile on our face . . . but these things that we hear, these are the things that fill us up. 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh yeah, that's all real nice.

Now get your a$$ on face-crack. Look, I resisted for a long time and it's really not that bad.

Tim

Kirstie said...

Oh Tim, you sweet talker, I just might do it.

s.k.namanny said...

Hopefully it is also nice to hear that you are a good mom and a beautiful person.