Where Does This Amazing Love Come From?
As a child I never really understood how my parents could love me even when I did some crazy/bad stuff. I’m not saying I was a terror however; I wasn’t exactly a saint ;). Just this morning I think I figured out where this love starts.
I changed Alex this morning around 5:50AM. For whatever reason, he decided that he didn’t want his sleeper on anymore so when I took off his diaper he proceeded to urinate all over his sleeper. Needless to say, I had to take off his onesie and sleeper. Like an idiot, I picked him up while he was naked in order to remove the sleeper from the changing table. Anybody who has had a boy knows that what I did was a stupid mistake. Alex started to urinate all over my shirt! This wasn’t the first time he has urinated with his diaper off however; it was the first of many times he got me with it :).
To get to the point of this post, when he urinated on me I wasn’t at all irritated. In fact, my first thought was that he might be cold now that he has urine all over him. I guess like my parents, I have an intense love for him that prevents me from getting irritated even when he pees on me ;). In fact, if I did get irritated then there would be something wrong with me. It really is amazing raising a child!
Comment from Mom
Time: 3/11/2005, 8:34 am
Alex, I read what you wrote and needless to say it brought me to tears. I read it to people at work and they got teary too and said “Sounds like you did something right Pat.” I can’t even tell you what it feels like to see you and Shelly with that little darling. Just like I told you about experiencing a love you had never known before with the birth of your child, this is another experience that you will have when you become grandparents. I thank God everyday for allowing me to have a grandchild. And I thank and love you and Shelly for this wonderful experience.
MOM