Kiefer has adopted a new friend. His furry little yellow puppy dog that he calls “Abby”. This week he came to me holding the puppy’s ear and said, “Mommy, can we superglue his ear back on?” No, we couldn’t glue it, but we could sew it. So fortunately, we had a window of time in the afternoon when it was just the two of us and we went down to the sewing room and fixed it.
So often projects get pushed aside and I don’t have or make the time to fix them. I tried to stop what I was doing just then to fix it because it was important to Kiefer.
I also couldn’t help but think that I’m grateful for the simplicity of childhood. That so often the “tragedies” that the ball and lose it over aren’t actually tragedies at all. I try to gently say as much in the midst of their agony, “Oh…, at least this is something we can fix.”
After attending a funeral this week of my dear friend’s brother who died very suddenly and unexpectedly – I’m grateful for the little things that I can fix. Loss does help us put our life in perspective.