Baby Boy,
The first thing I need you to know, is I see you and your big feelings. Big feelings are hard for a person of any age to understand and work through. And there you are, a young child learning and growing every day, just trying to comprehend the world around you and where you fit in.
I see you when those big feelings take over and there are no options but to yell, or cry, or kick, or maybe all three. I see the struggle to control it all and the release of letting it out. I see you when you need space to be alone with a book and your bed or when you want me to hold you and not let go. I see you because in so many ways I am you, not just because I too have been a sensitive person my entire life, but because what you feel, I feel. Since the moment I knew you existed my entire being changed in a way that’s hard to describe, except to say I truly see you.
Second, I am here to help. I can’t promise I will always be perfect or say the right thing but I will do my best to support you, every day. I am here to let you work out those big feelings as you find the space and to always be there when you need me. I am here to remind you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being sensitive and feeling things so deeply. I am here to promise I will always be your person. I will always understand and be by your side.
Third, thank you. Thank you for being who you are, because you help me to be a better person. Each tantrum teaches me patience, each calm down reminds me to take a breath. Your big feelings show me that sometimes we all need to let it out. I have found a voice to help you, and that same voice helps give me the same grace and mothering even I need sometimes.
Lastly and most importantly, I love you. I love you for the person you are completely. Though I might wish some days would go differently and a meltdown would end quicker, I accept and embrace it all because you are you…and I wouldn’t change that for the world.
Love you more,
Mama
