“I Want You”
Lately Lucas frequently says, “Mommy, I want you.” When I ask him what he means, he says, “I want to be with you forever.” I tell him that he has me and that I will always and forever be his mommy.
I can remember a day in my early childhood when the idea that I would someday grow up and not live with my parents anymore sunk in. I was petrified. I cried and hollered and wailed to my parents about how I would never, NEVER leave them. “Don’t be scared, Mommy. I’ll never leave you alone.” I threw a holy-rolling fit over it.
I wonder if Lucas is experiencing the same anxiety.
I'm a busy freelance editor and writer, wife to Ian, and mother to two precious boys. I am living each day to the fullest and with as much grace, creativity, and patience as I can muster.
"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." —Ursula K. LeGuinn
July 19, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Funny, my first thoughts on this subject were a little later than Lucas’ stage and were somewhat different. More along the lines of “Some day I’m going to leave and never talk to you again. Unless you’re dead first.” I was hoping for the latter. -
July 19, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Me too, I remember that starting at around 4.
Lucas is a very lucky boy.
July 20, 2006 at 11:59 am
Thank you.