The Kee to my joy

The big bundle under the blanket twitches and shakes with increasing intensity followed by a grunting sound and then loud irrepressible giggles.

This whole drama does not phase you at all my darling 19-month old Kee Kee girl. After all, you are the one who instigates these episodes. Come naptime or bedtime and I hug and kiss you good night after our little girlie chat. I would then close my eyes and listen to you muck around before you nodded off to sleep. But ever since you started talking so much, I have had to resort to hiding my face under the blanket. You always say something that makes joyful laughter bubble up inside of me and if I let you see all this mirth, you will join in and there goes the peaceful notion of sleep straight out of the window.

Kee, in case I don't show you often enough as time goes by, let me say this now. You are the greatest blessing in my life. You shower me with love and tenderness in the way only a little child can - pure, non-judgemental and infinite love. Aah, the joyful sense of completeness that being your mother brings more than makes up for the sleepless nights and the binloads of crappy nappies.

I am doubly blessed because I get to stay home with you and greedily partake of every moment of firsts and newness that you experience. Time goes by too quickly and before I know it, you will be off to school. There is time enough in my life to come back to earth and face the reality of careers etc etc. For now, I am on top of the world and you put me there my sweetheart.

With all my love,
your unashamedly sentimental mamma who has the reputation of shedding a tear at every emotional opportunity