"Put that fly in the garbage Eden...That is gross. I don't want to see you playing with flies anymore." Said the mother who was tired and grossed out by seeing her child carry around fly after fly in her hands.
"Ok" replied the understanding child. She picked up her fly, and carefully carried it over to the garbage. "It'll be okay. You have lots of friends and family in there." As she carefully laid him in the empty garbage can, she tenderly said, "Good bye fly. I love you. I love you very much." as she closed the lid.
Her mother, who just didn't understand a few moments before, was just now starting to see the deep connection that her child had already made with this fly. She scooped her girl up and saw the tears welling up in her child's eyes.
"Why are you so sad?" asked the mother. Her child broke down in tears.
"I love him!!!" The mother held her girl to try and ease the pain, and started recalling in her mind times in her life when she was torn away from others that she loved when she wasn't ready to say goodbye. It was then that she realized that this was really not the time that her child needed to feel such a loss. She let her return to the garbage can, take out the fly, and keep it in a tupper-ware container.
For a few moments she taught her fly trick like rolling over, and crawling on her finger, then ran off to get some blocks. "Where is your fly?" asked her mother.
"Oh, she is over there. She is relaxing for a bit."
How sweet...she has such a tender heart:)
ReplyDeleteHahaha- she's relaxing for a bit! I love it! This is so sweet. Eden will love to read this someday you good Mama.
ReplyDeleteThat is ADORABLE. I'm so glad you wrote about that moment. Eden is an awesome and kind girl and you're such a good mom!
ReplyDeleteEden is so awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet little girl. What a cute story.
ReplyDeleteOur trip to AZ was pretty good, but it was a lot hotter than I thought it would be for April. :) We decided not to buy an investment property there. We are going to try and get something closer to us. Or maybe a condo in Hawaii. Ha ha. Nate has been obsessing over Hawaii lately, so we'll see what happens with that.
We didn't do a whole lot in AZ. We mostly drove around looking at homes and different cities. And we ate out a lot. There are tons of good restaurants there. There are definitely some great things about AZ, but I don't think I could live in the desert. It's not for me. But it was fun to visit a warm place and explore an area we had never been to.
oh eden. ;) you are a great mamma.
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