Trying to a blog is interesting from a Blackberry but not being able to have internet at home til next week. Let's see how this goes. But onto my thoughts.
In watching my son last night and how his little 4 year old mind works started me to wonder. When do we as children lose our sense of wonder and joy for life? When do we lose our sense of make believe and fantasy?
Cade comes home each night and immediately wants to be a pirate, a dinosaur, a puppy - any number of things. Immediately he will look at me and ask, mommy what do you want to be? WOW- what do I want to be? Do I even know how to make believe anymore?
Sometimes he will tell me what he wants to be depending on what he is pretending. The sad part is that a lot of times I have to be the mommy pirate that cooks the dinner.
So I wonder, when do we lose our sense of pretend? Why do we get so lost in the duties and responsibilities of life that we can't just BE?
I don't have the answer. I wish I did. We lose a little piece of ourselves when we don't create, when we don't get lost in the moment. We don't give ourselves permission to be silly to capture the humor and laughter of the moment.
What can I do? Well, I think I will start by having a campout with Cade tonight in our living room. We will get lost in the fun (and when daddy gets home - he can join in too!)
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