Yesterday the kids and I enjoyed the warm weather by playing in the backyard. We have a nice swing set for them to play with. I was sitting in the club house with my one year old while my five year old was repeatedly climbing up the slide and then sliding back down. At one point he climbed up the slide and held a clover with three leaves. He said, "Look Mom I have good luck."
I'm really not sure where he heard that clovers bring you good luck but I did correct him by saying that the four-leaf clovers are the ones that are supposed to bring good luck (not that I believe in any of that luck stuff). So he tossed the leaf and said, "that's okay, I'm already lucky," and then slid down the slide. I asked him, "why are you lucky?" He hesitated, shrugged his shoulders and then smiled at me before answering, "because I have you."
Oh my goodness! I can't express just how good that made me feel. That was the sweetest thing I had ever heard and not something I expected to come out of my five year old son's mouth. Those words might have meant nothing much to him but they meant everything to me. I will always cherish that conversation. Always.
I believe I'm the lucky one.
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