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A Mother’s Son …
He was my cuddle bunny, when he was small, and I was learning how to be a mother. We got on so well, understanding each other, and loving being together.
And then all through school, we worked well together, me doing hte driving, him doing the being a good student things, and in fact doing it very well indeed.
Then, school over, work arrived, money coming in, and going out again, but always for sensible things, he was no spenthrift, this lad. My son was one to be proud of for sure. And he was a kind person, never cruel to our dogs, or to people and always happy to help his parents with our IT issues, which he’d learnt so much about.
But then, the inevitable happened, another woman came into his life, one with a greater claim on him than I, his mother, had. Yes, the woman who is now his wife entered my son’s life, and she naturally takes first place.
I know this, and I love to see the two of them together, he with his love for his bride obvious for all to see, as is her love for him. It is a beautiful thing, a natural thing, and I am so happy for them both, living their lives together with love and happiness, as my son’s parents have - my husband and I have lived our lives together, with love and happiness, with striving together in the not so happy times, to make things better.
Yes I am happy for my son, and his new wife, but oh, I sometimes wish I could get my little cuddle bunny boy back to hug and cuddle … I hope and expect my son and his wife will one day have their own child/children, and I will have grandchildren to be my new little cuddle bunnies to hug and love in the future!
That is the way life is, you lose one thing, and in time you might get something good to make things maybe even better!
