Late-nights-up-studying next to Mum, our JoJo flatly refusing to go to sleep without me, starting the night out with exceptional resolve... "Mum, I'm going to be with you all-a-night, ...JoJo's going to help you all-a-time, Mum" , ..... so earnestly said with his big blue eyes. And I melt just-a-little , nod gracefully, and try to turn back to the solemn task of haematology, or liver cancer, or something equally non-gripping when compared with a 4 yo's endearing smile, ..... but all that I really want to do is toss the books aside, and cuddle and tickle my JoJo til he laughs all the way down to his squidgy toes! And as he quietly draws pictures beside me, his eyes grow tired and his body falls gently into sleep alongside me.. It is then, in the quietness of night, when I am weighed down by thinking too-many-thoughts , and carrying too-many-burdens , that j ust pausing to watch our peacefully-sleeping-child grounds
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." — Dr. Seuss