I woke up this morning, talked myself out of working out (pretty normal), went to get my hair cut (and took my son with me) and went to lunch with my son. I haven’t done something with my son (other than errands) in a long time. It was nice and reminded me that it is never a bad idea to spend time with your child.

We had a blast. After my hair appointment, we went in search of fountains. We always have to look at the water when we’re at the mall and throw a few pennies in for good luck. Then we went to the play area.

At the play area, I found myself matching children with parents. As I sat there, I thought that was a rather odd habit of mine. I realized that I was looking for adopted children. Without really thinking about it, I was looking for families like mine. While I was at it, I was rather pleased to realize that I heard at least three languages being spoken (other than English). That led me to wish that I could speak another language. Though Korean would be nice, Spanish would be the language of choice, since there have been several times in my working career that I wished I could speak Spanish.

After the play area, came lunch and it was a blast. We had thirty minutes of mommy/son bonding time. I listened to him talk and marveled at his vocabulary. I realized that sometime over the last few months, he had truly become a little boy. Our conversation was no longer an incomprehensible stream of conscious. He had a pattern and a theme.

Then we went home because my parents were coming. He told me that he was “SO EXCITED” because Gran and Papa were coming. In fact, he was so excited that he was running in circles while he talked. First Gran and Papa came and then my sister and her boyfriend. We all sat around our family room and I looked at my family. I realized that I liked my family just the way they are and I felt no envy for the families that “matched.”

So two things happened today…I reaffirmed that my family matches where it counts and I realized that my son matches in every way.

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