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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

"Squeak!"

My son Chris is now in his thirties. He’s done well in his profession, and that pleases me very much, especially as it is a vital service (accident and emergency surgery).

When he was about fifteen, or perhaps younger, as we were together in the kitchen one day I suddenly became aware he was no longer a child. I said to him “It seems you are coming to the end of your childhood, Chris.” He looked at me. I went on,“I have so much enjoyed being with you while you have been a child”. I may have said more, to let him know how appreciative I was of his company all those years.

So last night, not to leave it too late, while I was lying down with Claude after putting him to bed, I told him what I had said to Chris, and then I said to him, “My little man – little mouse, I mean” – (he likes me to call him a mouse due to his recent love affair with a captive wild mouse, now on the run again), “I so much appreciate living with you and having your company.”

His face lit up with a glow of pleasure. “Squeak!”, he said.

7 comments:

  1. precious...*hugs* thank you for sharing that bit with us :)

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  2. This made me smile (and almost cry, too!). My daughter is fast-approaching that age. She's taller than me, but I still call her my "baby girl"... she humours me. *l*

    orchidea

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  3. Thank you all for your lovely comments.

    Orchidea, what age is it your daughter is fast approaching - nine, or fifteen? I think it must be fifteen as she is taller than you.

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  4. Now that is just so beautiful. Kids at that age are irrisistable - old enough to get the finer points of a joke and have meaningful conversations with, yet still wrapped in that multicolored, wierd and fascinating blanket of pure childhood.

    Gotta love it! (I have a son aged 7, so I know the drill)

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  5. Yes, Malcolm - she's closer to fifteen than nine. :-)

    orchidea

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  6. Lucky, I never realised alcohol could kill like that. Anyway, Lucky, she inspired you to dream big, and she couldn't have inspired a more deserving person.

    My wife read your blog. "A strong woman", she commented.

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