For most parents it seems like eternity, you patiently wait and wait for the moment when your children "rise and call you blessed". No Elijah didn't suddenly arise and call me blessed, but in those tender moments of roughhousing on the couch.....he did say every so quickly and gently....."I love you"....mommie. Those have become three of my favorite words. I know that his words were said purely, no strings attached, with no hidden agenda or meaning. Kids are spontanous, and Elijah is no exception, he chatters incessantly now, asking the why's, and how's of life. His questions are generally matter of fact, and direct. He waits patiently for answers, however lame they may be. Hopefully the answers we give, lame or not, will offer him some solid footing as he grows. I am reminded of a quote, "We raise our children to leave us". As I continue to listen for my three favorite words, hopefully they will continue to come purely, with no strings attached, as I remember a little boy roughhousing on the couch.
