The highlight of my day was my g-ddaughter, Lilia...
We did not part well the last time we saw each other. It's understandable, I guess. Just as she was getting up from a nap, I was walking out the door to go to work. I assured her we'd see each other soon, tried to kiss her "Goodbye," but she wiped her forehead and stormed off into the kitchen.
Fortunately, she didn't seem to remember that petulant parting when she saw me today. She has been a little under the weather lately. She stood there... thought about it through the haze of grogginess from her midday nap... then she walked up to me... climbed into my lap... and laid her head on my heart.
I had that wonderful rush of feeling the love of a little creature who only knows honesty, only knows what's real and right and front of her... knows nothing of feeling obligated to family or of lectures from Mom to "Be nice," when people come over. She just chose me, and collapsed into me.
My heart is still beating wildly... for a 2 year old little girl.
2 comments:
I am so grateful that Lilia has such love for you...it's amazing the places life has taken us and where we are now since that fateful meeting in chorus 12 years ago. To be able to share these moments with you now, especially after so much, is such a treasure.
So many things, when it comes to us, just seemed to work out. Guess it was just meant to be. We're pretty lucky.
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