Twosome Time with the Youngest
The youngest and I spent time together, just the two of us for a few good hours.
Lunch (plus bubble tea!), a casual stroll at the mall, me listening to her sharing with me all kinds of things (that might sound trivial, but I knew it’s important to her).
As I walked hand in hand with her, I said:
“Did you realise that I proposed the idea and asked if you’d want to go the mall with me?”
She nodded.
“Even if you didn’t ask if we could have some twosome time and go out, I’d still propose the idea. I know there are times when you asked me to do something and I couldn’t. That’s because I really couldn’t at that time.”
She continued to listen.
“I hope you can slowly learn to trust Mommy and Daddy, Brie.”
“What do you mean?”
“I hope you can learn to trust us, that we love you, Brie. If our decisions ever do not suit your liking, I hope you learn to not complain, or negatively challenge our decision. It simply means we have to say, “No” at that time.”
She was quiet.
I turned to look at her.
And I felt glad for I knew she understood.
…
Trust can never be enforced.
It needs consistency and time.
It needs to be built over a long period of tim
Grateful that we shared our thoughts during our time together earlier today.
