‘I expect he will come out with full sentences all at once’ I proffered encouragingly.
I left feeling rather sad for Svetlana sat behind a cash desk in Planet Organic whilst her little boy was somewhere else, with someone else. I kissed Erbie hard on the cheek and took in a deep, fragrant nose full of his baby headed essence. I didn’t feel smug, I felt lucky. Lucky The GR wasn’t materialistic or going through too much of a midlife crisis, lucky that I was able to do a bit of work at home and still look after Erbie full time, lucky that we were about to get out first foot on the property ladder even though we are in our 40s!
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I have been thinking about this a lot during the past weeks. I will not go back to work anytime soon. Maybe never, who knows? I am one of the lucky ones, too.
Great to read that you value and enjoy your time with Erbie!
Wonderful that you are able to make a choice to be with Erbie and that you treasure your time together.
I too feel very lucky that I am able to be a stay-at-home mum. I've loved being at home with my children - 6 years now. Both of them were speaking from an early age and I'm sure that's because I'm around talking all day, pointing out things etc. I'm grateful that I could make the choice to work or not and enjoy every minute of it. Enjoy your time with Erbie and lots of luck with jumping on the property ladder too.
Thank you all for your lovely comments, yes I feel I am blessed - she says looking across at Erbie who has just thrown every last crayon and pencil onto the floor and is now throwing paper over his shoulder sheet by sheet saying ‘oh dee, oh dee, oh dee’!
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