Rainy Day Musings

We lost another toof!!


On another childhood note, mornings in our home can turn into bloodbaths on a dime. I've made many attempts to reorganize our morning routine so as to avoid this, however, some mornings still tend to be a bit more laced with mayhem than others. C'est la vie, right?



This morning was no exception: Shoes were missing (although they ended up being exactly where they belong - on the shoe shelf in her closet), breakfast was too cold (this is what happens when you loaf in bed for 20 mins while your breakfast sits on the table), we were out of her "favorite" toothpaste and she had to settle on the not-so-tasty toothpaste (is it supposed to be a snack?), etc, etc ...

It's a rainy morning and as we hurried out the door, she scrambled to get up into the car and she slipped. Hit her shin on the step of the car and it was turning red immediately. She cried like a banshee and I could feel her pain as we've all knocked our shins and we all know it hurts like crazy.

So I check to make sure it's *just* a bruise and nothing's broken or bleeding and we continue the rush to school ... meanwhile she's still wimpering about it as I'm trying to navigate PITA traffic.

Finally she says, in the sweetest voice ever, "Mama, could you please just kiss it?"

Now we were late, traffic was a mess, and I was stuck in a situation where I could not pull over.

However, my baby is nearly 6 and she needed a kiss to heal her lil wound. I know for sure that the magic power of kissing-it-and-making-it-better is going to be a distant memory very soon. And honestly I was quite surprised at this request, as it's been months since I've heard it. So, I pulled into a random turn lane, put the car in park, and kissed her little shin. All better :-)

And I paid no nevermind to the idiots behind me honking. You'll get to your destination soon, people - right now I am in a hurry to embrace this sweet moment of childhood innocence because it won't last forever.