Last night, I had one of the best dates ever. Hailee and I went to dinner just the two of us at our favorite place, Flatbread. I'm so lucky that she loves it as much as I do...because I LOVE it! It was one of those nights where we were both in great moods and just happy to be with each other and it was so much fun! We sat and talked about all kinds of things, giggled a bunch and I had several of those "Mommy Moments" where I just stared at her in wonderment that she's mine. She is growing up so fast and it just amazes me. She's six years old and we sat and had a conversation like I would with one of my girlfriends! I'm not naive to think that she's always going to like hanging out with me, but for now I'm going to take full advantage! Don't get me wrong...we don't always have these perfect moments. There is plenty of arguing, foot stomping, crying, yelling, complaining and whining that goes on. But I'm not the only one that acts like that...she does it too!
So...back to dinner. We were talking about Thanksgiving and I reminded her that we like to share at dinner the things that we're thankful for, so to start thinking about that. She immediately responded with "Oh...I have like 1200 things!" Wow...that's one thankful little girl! So, I grabbed a pen and a napkin and asked her to share with me ten of those 1200 things. Here's her list:
- clothes
- freedom
- love
- God
- family
- friends
- teachers
- food
- nature
- life
Do you know what I love about her list? There's nothing materialistic on it...no toys...no things. It's a list from a little girl that appreciates the things in life that really matter...and she didn't have any coaching! Well, not while she was making the list anyway. There's been lots of coaching along the way, and I'm just happy to see that it's paying off and that I'm doing something right. In fact, in looking through it, it's pretty similar to what my list would be, other than my top ten may need to include coffee.
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Just one tear. Ok, maybe two. :)
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