Sentimental

I was downstairs looking for some toy with Anders, which coincidentally occupies a lot of my time, and I heard Ady bawling upstairs. I ran up to find out what had happened and see her sitting on the table next to Estela. Ady is in hysterics saying, "Estela. I love you so much. Don't ever leave me. You are the best little sister, ever. I just love you so so so much." After suppressing a giggle, I asked Ady what was going on and she repeated, " I just love my little sister. So much. I don't ever want her to leave." All this was said between massive sobs. I consoled her by saying, "Do you just need to cry for a minute?" "Yeah..." was her teary reply. And then I gave her a good bear hug. After that, she hopped down from the table and went on her merry way. I realized that Ady had just had her first true female moment. When emotions runs high and the cup runs over...

I was trying to explain this to Cam, Ady's little emotional meltdown, and his reply was to scrunch up his face and say, "I don't get it."

Ben Folds has a song called, I Used To Be A Sentimental Guy. It pretty much sums up my husband. My only edit would be to change the title to: I Once Had A Sentimental Moment.
I don't see his 'sentimental' side too often. In fact, I think the last time I actually saw him cry was when we had our first miscarriage, before Adysen was born. Even then, after about twenty minutes of emotion he jokingly said, "Should we go and bury the maxi pad in the back yard?"

Oh bother.

Photo courtesy of Anders.