Post #14 - Smile

Things are getting busy for with Spring around the corner so I'm going to start posting once a month. I hope some of these experiences have helped you with your lessons. Thanks for tuning in.

Today Koji and Kai's group classes had a parent participation day. They do Eurhythmics which explores body rhythm, self expression and music. They totally enjoy it. The kids are so adorable and I found myself smiling as I watched them jump and dance to the piano. Several times I looked around at the other parents and I found that they were amazed too. It's not that they were doing anything extraordinary. We were all just delighted by our children. When my son looked at me and saw me smiling, he smiled back. I think there's something so simple and profound about this. It says to him, I love the way you are. I think about my husband and I. We've known each other for twenty years and way back when we first started dating, I'd walk into a room and he'd smile with this gleam in his eyes. I knew he was happy to see me. And now he smiles like this for all three of us.

At school sometimes I see parents who are so wrapped up in their work that they don't smile when they pick up their kids at the end of the day. They walk ahead of them, rushing to their cars while the child trails behind dragging their backpacks. It makes me sad. I notice because it wasn't long ago that I was one of those moms.