Week 43: How My Son Sees ME
Every day when my 9 year old son comes home from school, I ask him questions about his day. "How was school?" "Good". "Do anything exciting?" "Not really". "Anyone you WOULD like to tell me?" "Ummm.... no". Sigh. I get a bit frustrated. I read that you have to get creative and ask more specific questions... like, "What is one nice thing you did for someone today?" or "What is the funniest thing that happened at school?" I was still hearing crickets. I decided I need to get even more creative, (and maybe give up on finding out anything about school!).
On Tuesday I asked him "If I was a color, which color do you think I would be?" He thought for a long while. I was beginning to think he wasn't going to answer, when he finally said, "I think you would be Maroon!" Maroon! Now I was really intrigued. I've never been a girly girl. I don't love pink or purple, and I only have the one maroon sweater.
"Why Maroon?", I asked.
"Well, because you're just so kind and loving... and you're strong... not the muscles kind of strong, but the other kind, you know?"
I mean, wow! I've made plenty of mistakes as a mom, and I know I will make many more. He probably won't always see me as "Maroon", but the fact that he does now makes me deliriously happy. I'm going to hold on to these Maroon days with my whole heart and soul. I'll never look at the color Maroon in quite the same way.
