Captured this picture of my eldest child with my phone right before dinner tonight.
She’s not making a fashion statement or anything. She’s just doing what she does best: being the sweet young lady that she is.
Everyday, upon her arrival from school, she would go directly to me, here at my workstation, on her way to the bedroom she’s sharing with her younger sister. She would kiss me hello, we’d exchange kisses for a few minutes while we go over our routine Q & A: How was school? Do you have assignments? What did you have for lunch? Have you had snack before coming home? Go change and have your snack. Blah, blah, blah.
But about three weeks ago, her brother just came up with this game of annoying his ate. When he hears his ate arrive, he would open the door, and knowing the routine, he would run to me just as his ate is also coming towards me, and he would embrace me so that his ate could not get her kiss. This has been going on for weeks now, like a game of tag. And Xia would always find an opening and still get her kiss. But this afternoon, Xia just had it with Jude.
To annoy Jude back, she intentionally did not come to me, but went straight to the bedroom to change. Well, knowing Xia, she was in there a looooooong time. I started to feel impatient, so I called her to come out. She took her sweet time, and after about 30 minutes finally came out. By that time, I was also getting annoyed. She came to me to get her kiss, but I was not going to give in easy. I expected my kiss the moment she came in, and I expected her not to be bullied by a little boy. So I ignored her. No kiss today. Then we heard the car come in.
Bea and Jude went to open the door for their dad, while Xia went back to the room. When she came out, she had her school bag and her school necktie on, came to me and had her daily dose of kisses.
Oh, well… What can I say? She’s really very sweet. Beautiful, I’d say. Inside and out. And she definitely knows how to warm my heart.
Marge, also known as The Happy WAHM, is a virtual assistant who turned her passion for entrepreneurship into a worthy endeavor of offering complete business solutions to CEOs and business owners around the world. She turned her back on a thriving corporate career to become a hands-on mom and created a lifestyle that allowed her to build a homebased career, homeschool her children, and still have time to pursue her passion for arts and crafting.
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