Hopey-Hope

Hope is such a sweet little girl. We went to the park last night for a picnic. Kurt and I took turns eating so that one of us could chase Jack as he ran around like a wild man. Hope & Kurt ate first and then it was my turn. I was sitting at the table eating dinner and Hope was sitting across from me. I noticed that she was looking out at the playground with this wistful expression on her face. I knew she wanted to go play and didn't know what was holding her back. I told her to go play and she looked at me and said in this tiny little voice, "I don't want to." I asked her why and her chin started to quiver and her eyes got real big as she said "Because I don't want you to be alone Mommy." I was so blown away by that... that she would just sit there waiting with me because she didn't want me to be alone. I told her to just go play - that I'd be just fine and would be along in a couple of minutes. She looked at me like "are you sure?" But then she just smiled this huge smile and said "thanks mommy!" and ran off. It doesn't sound like much - but it made me so, so happy. My silly, sweet little girl...