Something old, something new....

It's not every day that your children tell you they want to marry you once they grow up. It's sweet & unsettling all at the same time.

As we drove to the grocery store for sushi (yes, my children eat California rolls - no avocado for the girl - extra avocado for the boy!), my daughter professed her love for me & my husband, assuring us that she will marry us once she's older. My son, not one to be left out, piped in with a big "ME TOO, MOMMY! I MARRY YOU & DADDY TOO, OKAY?". Hmmmmm....

Don't get me wrong, I have toyed around with the idea of secretly crashing potential honeymoons & dividing my time between my children's homes when I'm old & gray. I'm not sure the "significant others" would be so keen on the idea. For that matter, I'm not sure how my children will take the news that "MAMMA'S MOVIN' IN, KIDDIES! YEEEE-HAAAAW!".

I suppose it's normal, though (no, not my need to leach on to my children for ever & ever amen). I remember wanting to marry my parents when I was little. At that tender age, all you know is the unconditional love of your mommy & daddy. Can it possibly get any better than that? I mean, even when my son proclaims with pouty lip, "I not you friend, mommy - no look at me an' no talk to me, okay?", I still attempt to envelope him in my arms & smother him with kisses. Unconditional love. It's no wonder they want to marry us....it's the kind of love we strive for in every relationship we have. Pure. Sweet. Love.

Maybe I will marry them...by having them build an in-law suite for me. (tee hee)