The Kid

Having YummyMummy's two year old daughter follow me around all weekend was great. She's an adorably inquisitive toddler whose favourite (and seemingly only) word is "yes". There was rarely a moment when she wasn't attached to my knees.

It helped me with perspective... and solidified for me that I definitely want the joy that is having a child in my life. I hope I'll make a good mom. I know I'm a good aunt, but motherhood is something else altogether. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Also, the cutie was a great CHICK MAGNET. Girls were all over me and the kid whereever we went. That's something to keep in the mind for future reference!

YummyMummy and I never did have "that talk". I found out that she herself was going through some trials herself. During the weekend I realized that I'll support her in whatever life crises she's going through, and hopefully with time, she'll see that her judgements of me and my lifestyle aren't so important in the grand scheme of things. I'm the first gay person she's ever had in her life. I suppose it's new to her too.

Watching her with her two-year-old daughter, and five-week-old son makes me miss the simplicity of being younger. Then I look at what kids nowadays have to experience and I realize that the "simple times" are really just a myth. We all deal with issues. We are just armed with different tools at different stages of our lives.

Here's to glimpsing things through others' eyes, and remembering that we are never alone. Someone, somewhere, has survived this trial before, and you will too.

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On a completely seperate topic, I discovered that Tim Horton's in Rochester serves MUCH LARGER sizes of coffee. Check it out... I have a supposed "medium" coffee in my hand! Man. Those Americans and their grotesquely large serving sizes.