Day 364 in a Year of my Life

There are simply no words to express the joy and love that exploded from my heart when my train pulled up at the railway station this morning.

I was standing in the doorway of my carriage waiting for the train to stop.  I was in the very last carriage of the train, so I was going to have to disembark at the far end of the station.

As it slowly pulled up to a stop, there before me, squatting on the platform with Chicklet standing in front of him, was The Bare-chested Chef.

The door to my carriage was in perfect alignment with the two of them.

As the door opened and Chicklet saw me standing there, the biggest brightest smile lit up her face!

Oh the joyous pain of overwhelming love!  It took all of my will to hold my emotions together.

Such a precious moment in time that I will remember clearly forever.

I have tears welling as I type these words.

She looked at me and said "Hullo Bozzy Wozzy.  Is that the train where you live?"

The Bare-chested Chef took my luggage and I took Chicklet's warm little hand in mine and we walked to the car together.

In the car on the drive home, I kept looking at her via the mirror on the back of the sun visor and every so often, I would lift my sunglasses up so that she could see my eyes and I would smile at her.  Her face would light up with the brightest little smile.

She kept asking "What's in your suitcase Bozzy Wozzy?" knowing full well that there would be a surprise in it for her!

Later in the day, we were sitting on the couch together and she was eating strawberries, and she just started chatting out of the blue.

"Dinosaurs that eat plants and trees are herbivores but if they eat dead meat, they are carnivores."

You just never know what she's going to come out with next.

So today, I've been an elephant and a skunk and we've done a few laps of the lounge room.  We've played with the cars on the play mat and we've balanced dinosaurs around the edge of a box, hung rubber snakes over the handle bar of her trampoline, checked out the sensory box and read a book.

Tomorrow will be a big day while Mama and Dadoo go to the movies.

I think we'll make some chicken and vegetable soup together.

There will definitely be photos tomorrow!

Today I'm grateful for warm and delicious family love.  Feelin' it.

Nite all.