“Shots!!!!….Mommy you can be brave………”

Today I had to call my pharmacy to make sure all my medicine was ready for shipment. While I was on the phone I was talking to them about my different types of shots.  After my phone call, Kaylee, ran to me with a worried look and said, “Mom, you have to get shots?” I explained to her, like before, mommy takes the shots because it helps me to have another baby. For those of you that know my four and a half year old I knew that answer was not going to be the end of our discussion.  I was waiting for the “Why” questions. Instead I got a worried look and she left the room. I was thinking….”Wow, for once an easy answer and she bought it”

Kaylee with Ralphie

I went about creating dinner for the family forgetting about our conversation all together.  When dinner was ready I called Kaylee to the dinner table.  She came in with Ralphie (her favorite stuffed dog) and her box of Princess Band-Aids.  I looked at her and asked her if Ralphie had fallen off the bed (that happens a lot in our family) and if he needed a band-aid.  She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and said, “No! They are for you when you take your shots. Ralphie will help you to be brave and the band-aids are for when it hurts.” With that said she shoved them both into my arms and climbed up to the dinner table to eat her dinner. The tears started to blur my eyes, for at that moment, I realized that my daughter was starting to understand compassion and empathy. I gave Ralphie a squeeze, reached down and gave Kaylee a kiss, and then sat down and thought to myself “Life is Good”. 

         During this journey their have been some low times, but tonight was one of those beautiful moments that makes this journey that much more rewarding.