I really have the most magical nephews in the entire world. I am just so in love with the world right now just because of spending a few hours with them.
I had just read them a bedtime story, and as I always do to try and do something to encourage some imagination I asked them what they were going to dream about.
James said "dinosaurs!" and talked for ages about a place called Dinosaurworld that really exists, but no person has ever been there and he wants to go there when hes old like me (charming!)
Owen was being quiet and contemplative, and so I asked him again what he was going to dream about. James was still talking about dinosaurs and Owen had gone shy, finger hanging from his mouth thoughtfully, big brown eyes sparkling at me. I held eye contact with him so that he'd know I was listening to whatever he had to say.
"What are you going to dream about tonight, Owen?"
"Everything"
And he said it with such wonder, such love, such excitement for a world he was still growing into, I was taken aback and still am by the absolute awe in his tiny, one worded statement. He is so little, not even four yet, but he summed up so perfectly in one word how I think about the world, and if that's how he thinks about it too I will just burst with love for... everything.
A beautiful song
Thursday, 2 October 2008
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