Love Hurts

When I left for my late shift yesterday at 5pm Declan took it hard. There were a lot of tears. My heart broke. Looking back at him standing with his Daddy the whole time mouth wide open and tears down both cheeks. 

Man that was rough. Daddy says he didn't cry too long though he still talked about me for a while.

So it was great to be with my kid all day today. 

With only 3 hours sleep it was still easy to be up for Declan. He was super cheery and we got in some park time in the morning. I gave him freedom and he ran around on his own. He played with some other kids sand toys, used another's sidewalk chalk and repeatedly tried to get the basketball from two older kids who kept denying him. After all the kids left he was all over the play structure and wanted to go down the slide. Still holding one of my hands until, third time down, he didn't wait, he just went. 

And just like that. He doesn't need my help on the slide anymore. He's a big kid.