Times with kids can be trying for most people, but when you work like my wife and myself, it can get even worse. I get about two hours every evening to spend with them, and often I get less. That time’s filled up with dinner, bathing, reading books and lots of other stuff. I try not to work, but as I said in my previous post, I’m not always great about that. If something’s off it can pretty much wreck the entire evening, and that’s what makes it so trying. You just want everything to be perfect.
Tonight, my daughter fell asleep on my wife as we read to her. This was one of those moments that’s just amazing for a parent, but it’s so hard to explain. I mean, shouldn’t the best times be spent when you are active doing things?
In this case the answer is no. It’s amazingly peaceful to watch your normally energetic child fall asleep on your wife. It’s an amazing bond and can be shockingly beautiful. The little life that you helped created just melting in to the person that you love. There’s nothing quite like it. For us its even more significant because we try to be very strict about putting her to her bed so that she could develop good sleep habits. Let alone is it beautiful, it’s rare too.
That’s what I call perfect.
Tags: family time, love, peace, sleep habits