My youngest is my mini Curious George, that is what I call him most days because he has such an inquisitive mind. The questions my dear son comes up with always amaze me, while also taking me back for a moment where I am at a loss for an answer. This is the child who has encouraged me to be more creative as a Mama and to have a more open mind about the life we live. K-man never allows this family to have a dull moment, and today I am going to talk about this one particular conversation we had around the topic of reading books.
You see, I read to my children every night before bed. That is our habit, sadly I haven’t been reading out of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book with my daughter lately but plan to make a change and get back to doing that. I always read to my boys, but usually it’s K-man who wants a book every single night. One day we were talking about what book he wanted me to read that night, since he had library at school he wanted me to read this really cool new book he brought home. I let him know that I can read any book he wants before bed, that is our special time and the book choice is completely up to him.
K-man then wanted to know, “did you used to read to me always?” I told him, “why yes, I have read books to you every night for all of your life” and K-man asks “Did you read to me when I was a newborn?!” I was like “yes buddy, I have read to you since you were a little itty bitty baby curled up in my arms” and in that moment his face lit up and he wanted to know all about reading books when he was a newborn!
I told K-man that when he was a newborn he would lay curled up in my arms, sort of like we do now; he sits in front of me wraps arms around my legs and we snuggle up to read before bed. I told him, it’s not much different now than it was back then except now he is a bigger boy than he was in his itty bitty baby days. K-man listened intently, he was so amazed at hearing this story of his baby years and he seemed to have this feeling of love showing across his face. My son was so happy to hear that his Mama has always spent time reading alone with him, creating that special moment together, even when he was too young to remember the moment.
It is these little moments together, with all of my children, that bring me back to a place where love fills my heart and warms my soul. I love that my children are curious about things and I love even more so that K-man felt loved knowing that his Mama has always spent time reading books to him, even when he was a newborn baby. We both felt love in that moment, it was a connection … one between Mother and Son, a moment I won’t ever forget.
That was always our special time too, I don’t even know if the older kids will remember it. I should have been smart and given them reminders along the way like you did. They remember so much, but they forget so much too. đŸ™‚