Allllllll day.

The mind of a child.  

It's taught me so much about the purity and simpleness I think God desires from us.  To be content with just the basics, to love with your whole self and to know that complete security comes from your caretaker.

Several weeks ago Will came up with the question "But when is she going to leave?  How is she going to go away?" in reference to the arrival of his new baby sister (in less than 3 wks now!!).  I was disappointed, we've been talking about her, preparing her room, I guess I never made it clear to his little 3 yr old mind that she would be living with us for the next 18 years, give or take.

So we went on and talked about how families operate and how she would be staying with us her "whole life" just like Will.  That once you have a brother or sister, you have them forever.  Since then, when Will is in a really content situation, and I think trying to express to me his feelings, he'll say "Mommy, I gonna stay with you allllllll day!"  He stretches out the "all" in the cutest way.  The first time he told me that, I almost cried when I realized what he was trying to get across.  It's the most heart-felt thing he's ever come up with on his own.

Sometimes he elaborates and includes daddy, or he'll reverse it and say "you gonna stay with me" all day.  To him, a day is a long time.  The fact that he can verbalize, using his own free will, that he wants to spend it with me, makes my heart want to bust.  I love that kid.  I know the day will come when he doesn't want to stay with me, but for now, that is a lifetime away.