Unexpected Emotions

The other night Ariel and Joshua surprised me with drawings. I wondered what was going on when Ariel asked me, “Mom, what is your favorite thing in the whole world.” My response was, “My kids.” She skipped out of the room and a several minutes later came in with a picture of her and her brothers, a panther, some flowers, my breakfast, and of course my other most favorite things 8′s and infinities. I was taken aback by it. She had never created a picture for me that like that. She had created pictures for me before, but they normally had to do with her emotions and the things that she liked.

A little while later, Joshua handed me a picture too. 

He wrote out, “I love you mom and dod.” He did it all by himself! (He meant dad, he could not leave dad out.) He has such difficulty with handwriting and spelling so I was ecstatic that he did all of that on his own. It was extra special because I know how hard he had to work. He drew a garden, different colored lines to represent each of us in the family, some eights, and infinities too. He told me that the blue line was him and the purple was me.  I was surprised by the emotions that I had felt. I was overwhelmed with feel goodness and a moment of appreciation. I have expressed my feelings of not being appreciated or “seen” to David on several occasions. It has come up on Mother’s Day and my birthday each year.

Not because of me, but because of David’s own triggers with those days. 

Continued ... Unexpected Emotions