A genuine smile
Tonight, I smiled a genuine smile. For the first time in I can't remember when. I saw in pride, my oldest realize his potential in his own eyes. His self confidence growing. I see my two others, growing and changing. All in good ways. Smiling without fear. The tension behind the scenes leaving them. I felt true love and friendship from someone, a true soul to soul connection I've never felt. Free, comfortable to be myself, support and not judgement. I also saw pain. From someone who's connection to me is growing. However, I also felt trust. Willing while in that pain, this young man still let me reach out to him. To hesitantly let me support him. And I felt hope. And I smiled because that trust is also amazing. And I got hugs from sweet little girls. One of these girls is afraid to be picked up. Yet she likes to hold on to my arm and be lifted, swinging like a monkey. And the other, she has that need to be heard. Maybe the middle child syndrome. De