Itsy Bitsy Spider

Hello Friend,

     It has been a crazy hectic week for our family.  Right when things were coming to a head last night, my three year old came bouncing up to me with all of his toddler wonder and excitement and started singing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song.  Grandiose hand motions and all.  I was stuffing food into my mouth since I had just finished a ten hour shift at the hospital.  Honestly, I was not paying attention to him at first.  But, with his innocent insistence, I started singing and dancing with him.  He was so into the song that I started to think "There's something more to this...I need to pay attention.".  

The itsy bitsy spider 

Climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain 

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sun 

And dried up all the rain

And the itsy bitsy spider 

Went up the spout again.

     I knew at an instant that this was one of those moments when my son was teaching me.  I never thought twice about the lyrics before.  Heck, I do not like spiders in the least bit.  That fact alone made me not like the song at all when I was younger.  However, I was so preoccupied with the craziness of  our family life as of late that something told me to stop and listen to my son and the song he was  joyfully bringing to me.  After reflecting on the lyrics, I knew why my gut was telling me to listen.  Lately, I have been feeling like the poor spider, working so hard to get to the top of the proverbial house.  Then the rain of emotions and life in general came and knocked me back to square one.  But then, out came the son in all of his toddler innocence, and I somehow found the courage to get back up and climb again.  

Until Next Write Friend,

Teresa

@sentimentalitee