Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/from-a-parents-perspective-reconnecting/5014184/
- Situation -Dear Mommy,
I missed you while you were gone.
I love you. Amy
Have you ever received a note like that, dictated to your child's preschool teacher, when your child was three or four years old?
Or perhaps you got the version that came a little later when she was five.
I mizt u. A W Y
Or maybe this one appeared on your dresser, printed on that paper with dotted blue lines, indicating the height of the smaller case letters, and smeared with jam from Amy's second grade lunchbox.
I am sad that you are gone. XXXOOO AMY
Whenever and however you got such a note, your heart clenched within your chest, your face crumpled and feelings both sweet and sad filled you.
- Solution -
Whether your child is returning from a visit to mom, dad, or grandma or you are returning from work, a business trip, or an overnight weekend getaway with your spouse - there is a need to reconnect.
When my son and I got home after his day at child care and mine at work we would head straight to our spindle-backed wooden rocking chair. He would climb into my lap and we would just rock and cuddle. Our cuddle time ...