Sunday, July 20, 2008

H is for happiness..im sure of it..


tonight i was helping my son write...its my mission in life to create a great student..mainly because i have the soul of a teacher...

well tonight...we were trying to create a composition of cccccsss...ive been trying to get him to write with more control...the way he holds his pencil is weird....the quickness in his handwriting is scary lol...i always hate to see people write really fast...i always know it'll be sloppy....i want him to write with authority...careful and slow...i want him to have great penmanship...but thats some time away...he is only 4 i say...so i let it all go and i stop critiquing him for a minute..and we begin to write cs again...at first they were just scribbles on the paper..as i instructed him to go "slllooooowwwlly"...the writings of the cs became better....and then out of no where...

MY SON...myyyy son...begin to write three little lines...an H..he says...i screamed!! i was amazed!....not that I didn't think he would ever learn to write..i screamed because it was as if he was holding something from me!..it was his little surprise for me...he knew how to write the perfect H! and he said with conviction.."look mommie...an H..." as if this H meant absolutely nothing to him...he did it again...and again...i screamed each time he did it...he began to write them just to see if i would scream..we were both all smiles...my son..the h'er...:)..it was almost as if he knew that writing the H would lighten up the mood...he loves the letter H he said...and begin to write it more..i laughed and hugged him...

after the laughter and hugs subdued...we began to write other letters of the alphabet...and there wasn't a lot of omg's or oooohs and aaaahhss..so he made an H again...and then said.."are you happy again?!" and I screamed out...I looooove all of your letters! they allll make me happy!..and at that moment..he wrote an X! :) the same x i'd tried to get him to write 20 times 20 minutes ago...i was happy AGAIN...so i hugged him AGAIN..and loved him for about 4 seconds..until he realized i was having a moment lol..and he quickly pulled away...

my son is growing up..and although i looove seeing him become this great little kid..who knows me waaay too well....and can recall every movie he has every watched..lol...but i miss the very small hands and toes he used to have before his walking days began.....

nights like tonight make me take life "slllooooowwwlly"...and remember to write about my happiness..IM HAPPY AGAIN

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