My Kiddie Fix of the Week.
"I Think God Can Explain" by Splendor
For the past month I've been spending my Tuesday mornings, 9am to noon, watching a group of kids between the ages of 2 and 5. The job pays nicely, $30, tax-free, for three hours, and I get to spend time with the young'uns of my church.
I've fallen in love with these kiddies.
There's Jordan, 4, an angelic girl with light brown curly locks and serious blue eyes. She's incredibly sensitive. Then her friend Anna, 4, a tomboyish yet gentle child with cropped brown hair and an incredibly energetic disposition. Every morning, as soon as I arrive, she'll greet me by jumping on my shoulders an begging for a piggy-back ride. Liam, 3, a prepster that looks ready to join the likes of Harvard or Yale with his pale blond curls, flashing green eyes, and michevious disarming grin. A hearthrob for sure in ten years. John, 4, a quiet loner with black tousled hair and dark eyes, yet ever ready for a hug or even a ticklefest. Isabella, 2, a gorgeous Hispanic child whose mismatched English and Spanish and grins that would melt any heart. And Matthew, 5, a sometimes rebellious yet charming boy with bedhead brown locks and eyes.
Jordan's soft liting voice describes in detail the lives of her stuffed pony of puppy. Anna's always ready to climb into my lap for a story. Liam immediately stops his tears when his faced is pressed into my sweatshirt or I call him "StinkyFeet."
Today, Matthew, who wasn't exactly on his best behavior today, left me with hug, a kiss on my cheek, and a whispered "You're my favorite other mommy."
Kids have this wonderfully disarming way about them, of wrenching your heart out and wrapping their little arms around you, or fitting their tiny hands into yours, that you can't get mad, no matter what.
I won't have kids for another fifteen years at least, so these babies are my fix until then.
Posted by everythinguarent at March 16, 2004 04:17 PM