The Generosity of Kids Is… Overwhelming

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The Generosity of Kids Is Overwhelming

You pour soooooo much into your kids. I don’t mean food, but yeah, there is that. I mean your love, your sleep, your energy (what there is left of it), your sweat, your tears.

As if by instinct, you don’t really do so with any expectation of anything in return. That isn’t to say that you don’t encourage them to contribute or participate so they don’t become spoiled rotten to the very center of the Earth. It also doesn’t mean, as you’re dealing with your little one’s billionteenth bundle of butt biscuits, that you don’t ever daydream about the Karma of them changing your diaper when you’re old, gray and slow to the bathroom.

When they do share, though… it can bring a tear to the eye.

Whether it’s because of laughing yourself hoarse at an ironic crumb, or because they’ve piled up all of their stuffed animals and toys in the living room to help pay the bills that “make Mommy and Daddy talk really loud.”

Whatever it is, however miserly or selfless, assign your own significance to the single tear descending your cheek when it comes. It’s a blank tear. It’s yours to do with what you will.

You’ve earned them all. The sweet ones and the salty ones.

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10 Comments

  • Rachel says:

    The moments they share from their big oversized hearts are so precious. For Valentine’s Day our 5 year old secretly made a card for us. Learned how to write I love you at school, and so there it was, printed in pencil around a heart she’d cut out by herself. I will treasure it always.

  • Zak says:

    Growing up we didn’t always have enough food, so when I got married I always made sure to give my wife the last bite of anything we ate. Now that we have kids I always make sure my son gets the last bite so a couple weeks ago when my son gave me the last bite of his pop tart I knew I had done SOMETHING right.

  • ally says:

    This is a nice one charlee unfortunately I am not staying with my be loved daughter I hope the little time we gonna share its gonna be wonderful!

  • Mommyproof says:

    I cried the other day because firemen stopped to honk and wave at my 17 month old. I mean, WHAT THE F?! That is the cheesiest thing I think I’ve ever possibly done. But it was so damn cute to see how FREAKING HAPPY he was. He is too late to share much with me, yet, but I got heaps from that one little moment.

  • Mommyproof says:

    He is too *little*

  • Laurie says:

    I thought this was going to be sarcastic, only because I remember the instagram pic when you posted the piece he gave you. Color me pleasantly surprised!

  • Danielle says:

    I eat the pretzels out of my kid’s Chex Mix. I. Hate. Pretzels! But she offers them freely, so I take…and *shudder/gag* eat them.

    • Andy says:

      I got the same thing with freeze dried mango with my littlest. Never liked them, seemed like flavored packing pellets. But luckily he wasn’t too too generous. 😉

  • Ryan says:

    Most of my diet consists of food packaging. My 2 year old loves to share the packaging so I can eat it and make faces. Whatever gets a laugh is my m.o.

    Tip: Foil-line packaging kills the fillings in your teeth. Recycled cardboard has a nice sweetness to it

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