attention
April 28, 2009
today. i was working on the computer. and aza came up and started pushing the lil power button. and i am saying no aza dont touch. and she looks at me and touches it again. and i move her hands off the power buttion. i got to work. and she keeps trying to push the power button. and i keep moving her hands. and then she says: ow! no! and tries to touch the power button so i say ow! when she touches the button. and back and forth.
finally i look at her and say: do you want attention? and she says: attention. and i pull her into my lap. and she curls in my arms and drinks her juice. and five minutes later she is asleep.
[...] mama always finds attention to give, and dosn’t bother to mention that she has a half dozen or more deadlines in the air. [...]
Though it means staying up later to get down the work we know will be waiting, is there anything more precious than your child falling asleep in your arm?