Dear Gabriel,
You want to snuggle with me every night lately after I put you to bed. I am LOVING this new stage you are going into. When you snuggle with me, all I do is just ask you questions and listen to you talk and process. And I love it.
You tell me about your cars, your friends, when you were mad, when you were sad, the lunch you didn't like, the broken jar that fell, the stain on your shirt... just everything.
Well, tonight you lost the privilege of singing songs together because of getting angry with me and not being very nice about it. After putting you to bed you said, "Mom, will you please still come snuggle with me?" So I went and laid down in your bed with you. You started to process, "Mom I really wanted to sing songs!". So I asked you, "Why did we not sing songs?" to which you replied, "Because I was not very kind and was mad at you."
Then you looked at me. Took my cheeks in your hands and said, "I am so sorry mom. I was not very nice."
Oh my heart was softened so much for you! You didn't ask to sing songs after you apologized. You knew that we would have to do it another time instead. But you were so sincere and so truthful about your feels of 'being sorry'.
I want to have snuggle and processing time with you everyday. This is going to help us to maintain a very good relationship as you grow older. I plan on doing this consistently.
I love you,
Your Mom
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