★ Merry
[Via Daring Fireball]
Late last night, inspecting Santa’s handiwork, a simple thought occurred to me. A decade or so from now, when, say, I’m waiting for my son to come home from college for his winter break, and, when he does, he wants to spend his time going out with his friends — how much will I be willing to pay then to be able to go back in time, for one day, to now, when he’s eight years old, he wants to go to movies and play games and build Lego kits with me, and he believes in magic?
How much then, for one day with what my family has right now? How much? Everything.
The truth is, I’m the luckiest person in the world today. I hope you are too.
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My son is home for his last Christmas as an Undergraduate, so who knows what Christmas will be like next year. On Friday, he saw I was kind of beat and asked if I wanted to go see a movie with him.We went to go see “HugO” and then stopped at the grocery store to get diner.
He may not believe in magic – although we got to see cinematic magic courtesy of Scorsese – it was a wonderful day.
I make it a point to remind myself that every day with my son is a lucky day – even the ones where we yell at one another ;-)
