Tuesday, August 4, 2009

summer afternoon

I paid attention to how independent Athen was today. He is a boy now...

Athen was playing a little ways off with another little boy he met at the park. They talked loudly of bug bites and punched and kicked the air practicing fight moves. I walked by casually not saying anything and without looking at me he said, "Mom, we're talking."

Feeling a ping of regret, I wondered..."how many times more will he ask me to hold him?"

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