I have witnessed a true act of love and it came from my 4 yr old son. I think because I have taken care of him since the time I saw the little pink line on the stick is the reason that this small act of kindness has totally affected me. I have spent the last four years trying to teach him to say please and thank you, yes ma'am, no ma'am, to not burp at the table...etc. Basically trying to teach him how to be a good person. Anyways having a boy can prove to make all these tasks somewhat difficult. After all they think burping at the table is the funniest thing ever. Now, as I said before I have been doing this for four years. The key to teaching kids is by repeating over and over. Example: Someone gives Owen a present, I say "Owen, say thank you". Or Owen runs into someone, I say "Owen, say excuse me". What I am saying is I am always prompting him to say or do the right thing. Well the other day the most sweetest thing happened. Owen and I were resting on the couch watching a movie. I was very tired that day and I dozed off. I didn't even realize that I had fallen asleep until I was woken up by the cutest little boy who was actually covering me up with a blanket! It wasn't just any blanket either, it was his favorite one that he has to sleep with every night. He even tried to cover me up without waking me. Once I realized what he was doing my heart just melted. I mean here is this little boy who usually just worries about what kid show he gets to watch, or what we are going to play, or when does he get to go outside. But not in this moment. In this moment he was thinking, "hey, my mom is laying there sleeping and I think she might want my blanket". I mean what 4 yr. old does that?!?!? He actually left the movie he was watching to get his favorite blanket to put on me....all on his own doing!! I know to most people this is really nothing, but to a mother, it was every thing!! I am so proud of him!
