Flashback

Last Monday I had the pleasure of spending time with my 2 1/2 year old friend Sol. We spent time exploring outside, flying his helicopters inside, reading and cuddling. I had brought along some favourite books of my children. We read "Angela's Airplane", which made me think of Angela as a baby, toddler, preschooler, school aged, teen, and adult,(the way she is self-taught in most things, an experiential learner) We read it over and over and over again at Sol's request. We read "Love You Forever", (I can never read that book without crying), which made me think of Paul, my charmer who was so hard to say no to, no matter what he was asking for. We read "Me Too", which made me think of Gillian, following her siblings all over the place, trying to keep up. "And my little sister said, me too!", (Not anymore, she's blazing her own trail). Watching Sol and his determination to be independent, "do it myself", reminded me of Jessica. She was ferocious with her demands of doing it her way.

In addition to the flashback of my life when my kids were young, getting to know Sol a little better, being the recipient of his amazing smile, laughing together, meandering on our walk, stopping so many places along the way because it was of interest to him, answering his question,"Why?" until I ran out of answers, made for a magnificent day.

Love you forever Sol.