3 years or a second?

"A second is a hiccup--the time it takes to kiss your mom, or jump a rope, or turn around."

A wee quote from a book titled A Child's Book of Time.

Those seconds pass like lightening

and today, our third family day, 

time continues to pass by in the blink of an eye.

Some Time, seeming to be so, so slow.

Like bedtime tonight.

Dude is fighting a bug I think.

Napped like the dead for over an hour,

then struggled to sleep for two.

Mama, cuddled up to a ninja warrior,

trying to "still" his body,

"calm" his ever thinking mind.

It didn't go so well.

But these hours will become fewer

as time passes.

These hours of cuddles and snuggles and books.

I work hard to hold these slow moments tight.

Most other moments time speeds by.

Car rides full of questions,

never ending conversation.

Wishing I had a recorder 

to make note of what he sees,

how he sees,

explains,

wonders,

questions,

nearly every moment of every day.

Speeding time along.

On Jan 9th, 3 years ago, Ben came into my arms.

We became a family.

He came from a place of deep love,

of that I'm sure.

There are many questions 

about his earliest moments

but few about the love his nounou had for him.

For 7 months.

A blessing to him.

A blessing to me.

We keep in contact and we will visit again

before too long.

On the day Ben and I met

she made it clear that the next day,

our family day,

Ben should be dressed in warm

and very handsome clothes

for he deserved no less.

She was pleased

(and so apparently was Ben).

We celebrated our day with Chinese food

in cozy pyjamas.

No pictures,

cause the dude was extraordinarily cranky.

Finished things up with

"green" ice cream,

otherwise known as mint chocolate chip

by Kawartha Dairy

in a cone of course.

And 8 books.

Trucks and mammals, 

dinosaurs and the alphabet,

and a brand new blog book

of mama's journey to Ben.

And "I'll love you forever"

by Robert Munsch.

Oh, and a 2 hour snuggle-struggle.

It was perfect.