Learning to dance

[alpharaposa]

He crawls to me, wobbly even with hands and knees;
I lean down and hold out my hands.
First one hand is grasped, then two.
He pushes down against them, and rises to his knees.
Now the hard part. I lift my hands a little;
He pushes again and struggles, makes it to his feet.
Hands gripping mine tight, I watch him grin and sway.

Dance with me, my child.
Someday, you will grasp some other woman's hands,
And you will hold each other up,
Hold each other tight,
But today, you dance with me.

Comments

[eric-hinkle.livejournal.com]

This is very sweet; but I hope you're as happy when he gets his legs under him and is suddenly running everywhere. ;)

Best to you both!

[stryck.livejournal.com]

Being a mom is learning to let go.

On Friday, after anher went to work, the cub was trying to climb up something. It was reasonably safe, so I let him work at it. He fell over, fussed a bit. I patted and kissed him, and he calmed down and went at it again. He fell over and hit his head on something (not hard, but it must have hurt). This time, a simple pat or backrub didn't calm him down, so I tried to pick him up and cuddle him. He didn't want me to. Still sniffling, he pushed away and tried to climb up the thing he wanted to climb up. He fussed and sniffled the whole time, and when he had managed to get at the thing he wanted, he stopped and finally came back to me and started climbing up into my lap.

I picked him up and sat down in our rocker, and he was asleep on my lap in moments.

It was so strange. I remember when he hated being put down, but that night he refused to be held and comforted until he had accomplished his goal. All I could do was be nearby in case he wanted me.

[xaq.livejournal.com]

Quite the resilient cub. I hope that never-give-up attitude stays with him. :]

[zeeth_kyrah]

I like this.

Aww...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

This is so cute!

[laffingkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so sweet! And great imagery--I can really see that scene.