Have you noticed that “one of those days” carry a negative feel, but “one of those moments” is kind of upbeat? Why is that? Either way, I had one of those moments tonight.
For some reason, Sadie was having a rough night. She had more than one unexplained outburst of tears, and was crying again as Kim put her to bed. When Sadie was little, she’d get herself all worked up–crying and heaving and inconsolable. Now, Kim is a great mom, but she was unable to figure out how to calm Sadie down. For whatever reason, the only thing that seemed to work was a big helping of Vitamin D (as in Dad.)
Honestly, I don’t know why I have the touch. My methods are about as crazy as I can think of: I snuggle down into her covers, bury my scruffy face into her neck, smooch her cheeks, breathe on her…I know, it sounds pretty annoying, doesn’t it! But it works. After a few moments of “pampering” Sadie calms down, the tears dry up, and her breathing returns to normal.
I got to put my amazing Sadie-powers to work this evening, and as we snuggled, I had a moment. Dan Nold calls it a LoveBurst–that moment when your heart feels so full of love that you think it’s going to explode.
Sometimes you have to abandon the normal/tried-and-true methods to get to the goal.
I love the fact that I have “the touch” when it comes to Sadie. I don’t like it when she gets all worked up, but the time that I get to snuggle with her, hearing her cries morph into laughter, and the bond that it creates between us…I like that very much.
She’s my little kayaking/rock climbing buddy, the best big-little sister ever, and one of the most laid back, generally happy kids I know. It’s fun being Sadie’s dad, and comes with a lifetime supply of LoveBursts!
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