Last month was Madelyn's 6th birthday. After her party, I asked her what she had wished as she blew out her candles.
Madelyn: Mommy, I didn't want to make a wish.
Mommy: Why not?
Madelyn: Because I want everything to stay exactly like it is. If I wished for something, maybe that would mess things up and I want things to stay the same.
I cannot tell you how happy that made me -- to know my little girl is so happy. I felt like we must be doing something right. It also made me realize what a deep thinker she is, even at the tender age of 6. To understand the ripple effect of even the smallest of decisions and actions. The butterfly effect.
In that moment if I had been granted a wish, I would have wished for the very thing my Madelyn had inadvertently wished for: nothing. Or maybe more accurately - for time to stand still. To keep my little girls so happy and healthy, loving their life and their family, enjoying the carefree-ness of their youth. That makes me happy, and knowing, feeling, and hearing so openly how much they love me too. There's no greater wish I could make than that present reality and for that I feel so incredibly blessed.
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