About a month ago, while I was backing out of Soren's room at naptime saying to him, "Sleep well. I love you. Bye-bye. Go to sleep. See you when you wake up," I could have sworn that along with his "bye-byes" I heard him say "love you." But, I couldn't be sure, so I walked out in the hopes that I would here it again soon.
I didn't, until Tuesday morning, when Erich was walking out the door for work saying, "Bye-bye, I love you." I heard Soren's sweet voice reply, "Love you." My heart leaped. Oh what joy! And when I put Soren to bed for his naps (sometimes more than once) I get to hear him say "love you" when I say it to him. And the best times are when he beats me to it and without echoing my own statement, he tells me he loves me.
Now, who knows if he is really expressing the emotion of love for me in that statement, if he's connected the hugs and kisses and times together with a feeling of love and an understanding of that same feeling. But to this mom's ears (and I know to all others, too) hearing "Love you" as I back out the door is just about the sweetest sound I could ever hear.
this is beautiful. :)
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