Heart Break Through

Tonight my boy told me he loved me! Even though I posted early today, I had to post this one, too. It was a real break through for Mamichka. For a while, Ruslan has been rejecting Mama and favoring Papa. Mama tells Ruslan that she loves him several times a day, but he usually says something about it that we can’t understand. Mama has still reassured him that she loves him, nonetheless. He allows Mama to kiss him good-night, but with a little bit of a cringe; a little stiffly he allows a hug; but Papa he wraps himself around and gives a kiss without any prompting. Tonight, that all changed. Early in the evening, Ruslan had a sliver in his hand. He started to show Mama, but then decided better to bypass her and show Papa. Mama was hurt. Papa said “You should show that to Mama,” but Mama had had enough and got up to leave the room crying. Ruslan ran after her and hugged her legs. She bent down and held him for a while, until she stopped crying. Then he reached up his little hand with the sliver and she took him over to the light to examine and fix it. Later in the evening, Papa fell asleep and was out cold when bath time arrived, so it was left to Mama. Ruslan asked for Papa, but was stuck with Mama alone for bath and bedtime routine (so far Mama and Papa have been doing it as a team). After the book reading part, we usually say prayers then it’s kiss and hug time. At that point tonight, Ruslan grabbed Mama’s neck and hugged her tightly, he kissed her on the cheek without prompting and said (in English), “I love you, Mama.” Mama said, “I love you too, Baby, “ “Ya tebya lyublyu!” Then he said, (in English) “Good-night.”