reading with ash. (Patreon)

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just posted this to instragram and thought i’d come share here...even though i’m trying not to barrage y’all with posts and if all goes well the althing will go out in a few hours. we are all biting our nails here in aotearoa as the news comes at 5:30pm about whether the country is going back into full lockdown. i’m trying to jus out my head down and get my work done without fretting the future and what it’ll mean if ash has to go back to homeschooling and i can’t have any outside childcare. it’ll be rough. 

be here now:

such a small but such a huge thing. 

last night, ash and i read together for the first time. usually i read to him for about a half hour before we go to sleep. but last night, after lights out, he crawled into bed and begged for one more story, lugging a copy of “charlotte’s web” behind him. i told him it was way past bedtime but that he could read quietly WITH mama if he wanted to. he thought about it, and he agreed. he’s been starting to read basic books and one-to-two syllable words, and he likes whispering to himself. so for fifteen minutes while i read my boring book with no pictures, he read charlottes web. he didn’t make a peep. my heart exploded with love and pride the whole time. towards the end, i took this photo to commemorate. then we cuddled up and crashed together. the world is full of fear and uncertainty right now, but these moments are fucking gold. 

sing while you may

 📚📖♥️😭

 x

afp 

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