After having quite the great birthday day, dinner of crab legs and all, Sophie was BEAT after her shower and brushing her teeth.
As she crawled into bed and I knelt down beside the bed to chat a bit and rub her back (as is the nighttime ritual), she decided to utilize a blanket that we call the "Cambodia blanket" (not that it's from there, but we used it when I traveled to Cambodia to pick Sophie up back in 2001. It's a soft cotton material that is orange striped that is baby blanket size and we also have one in green. They were great for the plane and when she took naps in the stroller when she was small. She uses them for her dolls now).
Anyway, covering her with that blanket, I murmured how much I loved this blanket and holding her in my arms on the plane ride as we were buckled into our seat together for the flight home with the blanket covering us.
I continued rubbing her back and she was quiet. In my mind, I drifted back to that trip and got lost thinking about the trip, the flight .. holding her while she slept. I could feel an overwhelming sense of happiness come over me and tears of happiness streaked my cheeks. It was so quiet. I thought Sophie had fallen asleep.
But all of a sudden, Sophie bolted to a sitting up position and put her hands on either side of my face to turn it towards her so she could look at me by the light from the hallway. She felt my tears and asked, "Mommy, why are you crying?". After a minute while I tried to gain control of myself, I managed to answer that they were tears of happiness and how happy she made me.
She laid back down and I covered her up again. I was still pretty emotional, but I thought I was holding it quietly to myself.
Out of the darkness of her bed, Sophie says, "So... he shot them cuz they asked for raisins?" (this references this post)
We both started giggling and she said, "Good. I knew I could make you smile again."
Yes, indeed, she can. And does. Often.
How frickin' sweet is that?
Posted by: Tina-cious.com | 08/08/2007 at 16:03
:-)
Posted by: Ezer K'negdo | 08/08/2007 at 21:19
Daughters have a way of doing that. So cool. :)
Posted by: Deborah | 08/08/2007 at 22:50
A beautiful moment and a beautiful memory.Thank you for sharing it!
Posted by: RC | 08/09/2007 at 01:36
Tina, EK, Deborah, RC... thanks for stopping by! :)
Posted by: val | 08/09/2007 at 10:47
Alright....your making me cry now!!!...Sweet story!
Posted by: TinaMarie | 08/10/2007 at 14:55
TinaMarie... KNEW You were a softie! :)
Posted by: val | 08/10/2007 at 15:08