Loving Two - Author Unkown

今天看到的，写得真好啊！

Loving Two

I walk along holding your 2-year-old hand, basking in the glow of our magical relationship. Suddenly I feel a kick from within, as if to remind me that our time alone is limited. And I wonder: how could I ever love another child as I love you?

Then he is born, and I watch you. I watch the pain you feel at having to share me as you’ve never shared me before.

I hear you telling me in your own way, “Please love only me”. And I hear myself telling you in mine, “I can’t”, knowing, in fact, that I never can again.

You cry. I cry with you. I almost see our new baby as an intruder on the precious relationship we once shared. A relationship we can never quite have again.

But then, barely noticing, I find myself attached to that new being, and feeling almost guilty. I’m afraid to let you see me enjoying him, as though I am betraying you.

But then I notice your resentment change, first to curiosity, then to protectiveness, finally to genuine affection.

More days pass, and we are settling into a new routine. The memory of days with just the two of us is fading fast.

But something else is replacing those wonderful times we shared, just we two. There are new times – only now, we are three. I watch the love between you grow, the way you look at each other, touch each other.

I watch how he adores you – as I have for so long. I see how excited you are by each of his new accomplishments. And I begin to realize that I haven’t taken something from you, I’ve given something to you. I notice that I am no longer afraid to share my love openly with both of you.

I find that my love for each of you is as different as you are, but equally strong. And my question is finally answered, to my amazement. Yes, I can love another child as much as I love you – only differently.

And although I realize that you may have to share my time, I now know you’ll never share my love. There’s enough of that for both of you – you each have your own supply.

I love you – both. And I thank you both for blessing my life.
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坑爹

微微晚上睡觉一直都很让我们头疼。虽然说每个孩子不一样，但是我们还是忍不住会把两个孩子做比较。毛毛很早就能一觉到天亮了，但是妹妹一直晚上睡不踏实，翻来翻去的。昨天晚上又从12点多我们刚睡下一直折腾到两点多，又缠着我不放，没办法只好让她爸爸去热奶，老虎惨叫：坑爹啊！

My Shawn!

今天早上drop off毛毛的时候，老师跟我说，Madeline obsessed with Shawn. 昨天居然不让别人跟他玩儿，一有小朋友过来，就对人家说：my Shawn! my Shawn! 这个小姑娘和毛毛从小班就是同学了，经常看到她早上跟毛毛打招呼的时候直接送上morning kiss一枚，我们家长和老师都笑得不行。我问毛毛，你喜不喜欢madeline啊？他点点头，又想一想，说：我喜欢Reiley.

唉，我这个不解风情的儿子啊！