Mommies Magazine

Heaven

Posted on 15. Jun, 2006 by LynneMarie Mack in Your Home

You may have been wondering where I’ve been. I’ve been in heaven and Eddie; well he’s been out of town. That’s right he is visiting relatives in the southern part of the United States. Eddie turned three in April and to my dismay, he is not potty trained. Mother says, “don’t worry he will go when he is ready.” And I guess she should know because she did raise five children. But I don’t have time for that. Eddie needs to use the toilet like the “big boy” that I keep telling him he is. My brother and his wife; have graciously offered to care for him for the summer and have vowed that he will be potty trained by the time he comes home. I am elated not only do I get a summer vacation, but I also will be getting back a kid who uses the toilet.

It is not easy being away from Eddie for this long. Every day I think about getting into my car and driving to go pick him up, but then I hear the sounds of peace and tranquility calling out to me and I regain my sanity. Eddie is having fun; every night when I call he tells me about his day, he sounds happy and is even speaking much clearer over the telephone. That is until he really tries to describe something to me, and then it sounds a little like this, “I was, going, and then I saw over to the can man.” I just respond, “That’s wonderful.” And he seems to accept that.

Recently while at church I found out that Eddie is a musician. He saw a lady playing the piano and he went up and stood beside her and let his little fingers roll over the keys. He looked like a natural on that piano. The drums caught his attention so he gave us a solo. Eddie is interested in music so I am going to get him music lessons. I will probably start out with the piano, since he likes that. Eddie is also a marvelous singer. We sing together, and then I let him go for it, and he sings his little heart out with an original song. The ladies at church always ask about Eddie, they want to know where he is, I respond,

He is spending time with family out of time. They say, “ooohhh, you got rid of him.” I smile and say no, “Eddie is on vacation.”

Now that Eddie is on vacation I have so much more time in the morning. I can actually drink a cup of coffee before I go to work. I can even take a bath after work, instead of just a two minute shower in the morning. Slowly I am reminded of how my life used to be before Eddie you know having, free time, or “me time.” Now I relax as I drive home, instead of the mad dash to pick Eddie up before 6:00pm when the daycare closes and charges me ten bucks for every fifteen minutes I’m late. Yes, it feels good. But Eddie has changed my life, because now I have purpose. I have everlasting love and a friendship that is so different than any other I can not even describe. Being a mommy is something you have to experience, it is the greatest joy on Earth. But I wouldn’t know anything about that right now, because I am in heaven.