It's the simplest things in life that can bring out a smile or a laugh in someone. For me, just watching my daughter do some ordinary task can bring joy to my heart. At times there are moments when I stop what I am doing and just laugh.
Last night we were sitting in my chair (as we often do), watching one of the Star Wars episodes. Zoe wasn't really into it, but sat there telling me she loved me in her own words. She would say "I wu uu daddy" and other times "Daddy cute". This went on for about 20 minutes with some hugs and a lot of smiles in between.
However, she stopped all she was doing at one point in the movie. Darth Vadar and the Dark Side Emperor were walking down the hallway talking about the Death Star. As most of you know, Darth Vadar has speakers in his head piece and you hear his deep breathing.
All of a sudden, Zoe starting taking very slow, deep breaths in and out as she imitated Darth Vadar. I stopped watching and looked at her out the side of my eye. She was not paying any attention to me, nor was she doing this for attention. She was just having fun imitating someone else. This went on for about 3 or 4 minutes then she caught me watching her. At that moment she started grinning from ear to ear, as she knew I was about to laugh. I couldn't keep my laughter back, and we both joined together for a few minutes in giggles and smiles.
I never want to miss those moments. We often forget to pay attention to times like that, which bring smiles all around.
What an amazing blogg you are creating. I have followed lil Zoe's progress from the day she was born and you wrote daily updates on how she was doing. Zoe's life as touched me in so many ways. I went to school with Darci and I knew her family. On November 8th 2000, I too had a little girl who has been delayed both mentally and physically. Like you...I feel blessed...knowing I was chosen as her parent. Lauren has taught me more in the past 9yrs, than I could teach her in a lifetime. We have been given a gift.
ReplyDeleteWe are truly blessed as parents, and get to learn so much it's exciting! I wish there were blogs back when I was doing Zoe's web site during the NICU. It would have been so much easier! I hope your little girl is doing well. Thanks for following this!!!!!
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