A bad parent, that's what kind. And a bad photographer, too. Yes, yes, I already know -- these are TERRIBLE pictures. Just wretched. The wrong things are in focus, it isn't framed well, the lighting is godawful. All of it is just wrong. But I had a revelation last night, one that I found it urgently important to document.
Other kids have security blankets, but mine has security books. Every night, when I tuck her into bed, she asks for a book or two to cuddle up with. Last night it was A Crazy Day at the Critter Cafe
and Tea for Ruby
. When I go back up to check on her before I go to sleep, 95% of the time her light is on and she has fallen asleep, the book still open or right next to her face, with other books strewn about the bed among the random stuffed animals and Pillow Pets.
And it occurred to me: what I was seeing wasn't just my daughter. I was also seeing myself. This must be what my husband sees when he gets home from work these days, when I've read myself to sleep and end up passed out diagonally across the bed with the bedside lamp still on and the pages of my latest Terry Pratchett
damp with drool.What is that they say? About the apple not falling far from the tree?
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI've been gone awhile, but I'm back now.
I love Shae's security books. I read in bed, but if I don't put the book away I won't sleep. The Harry Potter's are the worst, I'll look up and it's 3am.
joey sleeps with monkey, teddy and doggie. (the original monkey, not the new one yet.) i'm sure he'll be back to the books soon!
ReplyDelete@SL -- just last week i did that with the "hunger games" trilogy. i purposely went to bed early so i could read and still fall asleep at a decent hour, and EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT. i would look at the clock and it was after midnight. without fail.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I did much the same when I was her age. Still do if I don't keep an eye on the time. :)
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