I was home all day long today. I mean All Day Long. It was not my original intention. I had the standard errands to run and lunch appointments scheduled. But before I headed out, my oldest son said, “Mom, would you stay home today?” I stopped and looked at him. His tone was different, more sincere. Not whining for the sake of whining. “But I have so much to do!” I groaned. He looked at me and said, “I just want you to stay home. I don’t want you to go anywhere.”

I had a lot of details to process. I started to feel guilty and I became irritated. Frustrated I said, “I’m really busy and don’t have a lot of time. What is it that you want?” He said simply, “I want to be with you.” That stopped me in my tracks – literally. It took less than five minutes to cancel my appointments. We watched two movies and took walk to the bagel shop. We also did a lot of things independent of each other – but we were both home. He really didn’t want to be entertained. He wanted to hear me piddle around and know that I was near. I have always been a big believer in quality over quantity. But in this case, quantity was what he needed. I got nothing done, but it was definitely a productive day.

Leave a comment

Name:

Email:

URL:  

Remember personal info?

Captcha:

Type the characters you see in the picture above.