Little surprises....
It’s the little surprises in life that brings forth meaning in our lives. Have you ever gotten a little surprise and to this day still smile when you think of it?
Last night I told my son that I had a surprise for him. He excitedly jumped up and down wanting to know what the surprise was that I had in store for him. Early this morning he looked around the house, searching for clues to what kind of surprise was awaiting him. He found nothing. Then he looked inside his lunch box and saw that there was no surprise waiting in there for him either. A little dismayed he thought I had forgotten his surprise.
I went to his school today during his lunch time. While he was seated with all his classmates, I sneaked up behind him and said, “SURPRISE!” He giggled and his smile beamed proudly announcing to his friends, “Hey everyone my Mom is here to have lunch with us!” There’s a special bench reserved just for parent and child lunch times, but we opted to stay sitting with all his classmates. All the kids gave random shout outs to me. Sam who sat next me said he never gets a visitor so he was happy I came to visit him too. Amazing kids…
As I was leaving the school, he gets out of the recess line and rushes over to me. I kneeled down and he gives me a great big hug….thanks MOM, You are the best! I hope you have a great day like me today he says as he rushes off to the playground.