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Magical Creature Lessons #13
This past weekend I hung out with The Magical Creatures while Mommy traveled for work. She was only gone a couple of days and left us (me & Daddy) three pages of instructions to keep All. The. Things. on schedule and running smoothly in her absence.
And they did. We completely nailed it. Except — as much as we are loved by The Magical Creatures — we were not Mommy.
There were more than a few moments when one of them would turn to me with tears shining in her eyes. As I held her we both knew — she was missing Mommy.
And nothing short of Mommy walking in the front door was going to make Life better.
My daughter arrived home late Saturday night. Well past bedtime, however, the two oldest Magical Creatures managed to stay awake long enough to say goodnight. They both fell into a deep sleep — relaxing into the fact that their world was, again, complete.
For those of us who no longer have a Mommy, or perhaps those of us whose Mommy should never have been promoted to a position they were ill-equipped to manage — learning how to mother ourselves has been Our Life’s Work.
Caring for ourselves is often beyond our ability.
