The Little Prince(ss)

"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again." The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

This has been, without a doubt, the fastest two months of my entire life. It is impossible to comprehend that my daughter will be 2 months old tomorrow, and that I will soon be returning to work. My last post saw the anticipation of Elizabeth's arrival. The following weeks were just survival. Days that involved any type of housework, or even just more than one load of laundry, were considered successful. We were, after all, strangers trying to learn to live together. There was a lot of fumbling as we attempted to get to know each other.

So here we are, at the two month mark, and we are a family. My husband is the great father I suspected he'd be. My daughter is a greater joy than I could have ever anticipated. She is getting a little bit more predictable, and I understand her cues much better than I did even a month ago. I guess this is what trust does in a relationship.

This is where The Little Prince comes to mind:
"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me . . ."
"What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me--like that--in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day . . ."