Who/What

The thing with having a Little One in your world, is that you spend a bit of time awake, in the middle of the night. [Which is actually quite nice in a way. It’s lovely gazing time. And thinking time.]

Last night I was thinking about all the things I hope for My Little One.

I hope for her to be kind. And happy. And when she’s not happy, which she won’t always be, I hope that she will be able to be ok with how she is feeling. I hope for her to be curious and generous and loving. I hope for her to be trusting and trustworthy. I hope for all those things.

After that, I was still awake and my brain starting wandering. I found myself considering the stuff adults often wish for themselves: bigger houses, fancier clothes, nicer wine, flashier cars, grander holidays, harder bodies, heftier bank accounts. That sort of stuff, you know.

It’s a shift, from Who I Am to What I Have. [When does that happen?]

Tags: baby love, happiness, kindness, values